n A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. (defdate|from 15th c.)
n wise | Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. (defdate|from 15th c.)
n (context|now|_|rare) Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. (defdate|from 15th c.)
n (context|Scotland|now|_|chiefly|_|in plural) The grounds of a large country house. (defdate|from 18th c.)
n (obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)