equivocator (ekwivokator)

[ Knock, knock: who's there i' the other devil's name? 'Faith, here's an equivocator , that could swear in both the scales against either scale;... yet could not equivocate to heaven; 0, come in, equivocator . Shak ., Macbeth, ii. 3. A secret liar or equivocator is such a one as by mental reservations, and other tricks, deceives him to whom he speaks, being lawfully called to deliver all the truth. Fuller , Holy State, p. 390. =