equivoque

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Milton would not do as Peter Heylin did, who, when asked as to his religion, replied that he was a Catholic, which, in a Laudian, was but a natural equivoque.

From Milton by Pattison, Mark

The italics indicate the obvious equivoque, and indicate it imperfectly. 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

Aberdonian pronunciation produced on one occasion a curious equivoque between the minister and a mother of a family with whom he was conversing in a pastoral way.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

“Yes, we are near the dawning,” mocked the old man, with loud, relentless equivoque.

From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles

The mortified dramatist gave up play-writing forever, or, as he contemptuously expressed it, "made a hearty abjuration of the stage and all its heresies of pun, equivoque, and clap-trap."

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)