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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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