Pixie and Sly

noun

• Folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
  • synonyms: elf, hob, gremlin, pixy, brownie, imp
• Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas.
  • synonyms: pyxie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata

• (n.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring.
• (n.) An old English name for a fairy; an elf.

adjective

• Marked by skill in deception.
  • usage: "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
  • synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky, wily

• (v.t.) Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
• (adv.) Slyly.
• (v.t.) Light or delicate; slight; thin.
• (v.t.) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.
• (v.t.) Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

• Shakespearean: 'King Richard Iii' Christopher Urswick, a priest. 'The Taming of the Shrew' Christopher Sly, a tinker
• English: Short form of Silvester