Sleight

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that
        the manner of performance escapes observation.
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              The world hath many subtle sleights.  --Latimer.
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     3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. --Chaucer. "The
        juggler's sleight." --Hudibras.
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     {Sleight of hand}, legerdemain; prestidigitation.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sleight
       n : adroitness in using the hands [syn: {dexterity}, {manual
           dexterity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "sleight":
     adroitness, art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind,
     bluff, bosey, catch, chicane, chicanery, chouse, collusion,
     connivance, connivery, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, covin, craft,
     curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deceit, deftness, design, device,
     dexterity, dexterousness, dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, dodgery,
     expedient, fakement, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, foul play,
     gambit, game, gimmick, googly, grift, hocus-pocus, intrigue, joker,
     juggle, jugglery, knavery, little game, machination, maneuver,
     move, pass, pettifoggery, pettifogging, play, plot, ploy, prowess,
     racket, readiness, red herring, ruse, scheme, scurvy trick,
     sharp practice, shift, skill, skulduggery, sleight of hand,
     sleight-of-hand trick, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge,
     supercherie, tactic, trick, trickery, underhand dealing, wile,
     wily device