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sleight


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sleight  \Sleight\,  n.  [OE.  sleighte,  sleihte  sleithe  Icel. 
  sl?g?  (for  sl?g?)  slyness,  cunning,  fr  sl?gr  (for  sl?gr) 
  sly,  cunning.  See  {Sly}.] 
  1.  Cunning;  craft;  artful  practice.  [Obs.]  ``His  sleight  and 
  his  covin.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  An  artful  trick;  sly  artifice;  a  feat  so  dexterous  that 
  the  manner  of  performance  escapes  observation. 
 
  The  world  hath  many  subtle  sleights.  --Latimer. 
 
  3.  Dexterous  practice;  dexterity;  skill.  --Chaucer.  ``The 
  juggler's  sleight.''  --Hudibras. 
 
  {Sleight  of  hand},  legerdemain;  prestidigitation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sleight 
  n  :  adroitness  in  using  the  hands  [syn:  {dexterity},  {manual 
  dexterity}] 




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