sleights

[Sleight]

The noun sleight refers to being able to use your hands with ease, especially when doing a trick. Sleight is often used in the phrase "sleight of hand." If you are a good magician, you can make a coin disappear with sleight of hand.

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Cunning; craft; artful practice.

Noun
adroitness in using the hands


n.
Cunning; craft; artful practice.

n.
An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.

n.
Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.


Sleight

Sleight , n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. slg (for slg) slyness, cunning, fr. slgr (for slgr) 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.
3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. Chaucer. "The juggler's sleight." Hudibras. Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.

Sleigtful

Sleigt"ful , a. Cunning; dexterous. [Obs.]

Cunning; craft; artful practice.

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