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sleight
(encz) | sleight,trik Kemo |
sleight
(encz) | sleight,úskok n: Zdeněk Brož |
sleight
(encz) | sleight,zručnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sleight
(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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sleight
(wn) | sleight
n 1: adroitness in using the hands [syn: dexterity, {manual
dexterity}, sleight] |
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sleight
(encz) | sleight,trik Kemosleight,úskok n: Zdeněk Brožsleight,zručnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
sleight of hand
(encz) | sleight of hand, |
Sleight of hand
(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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Sleightful
(gcide) | Sleightful \Sleight"ful\, a.
Cunning; dexterous. [Obs.]
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Sleightly
(gcide) | Sleightly \Sleight"ly\, adv.
Cinningly. [Obs.] --Huloet.
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Sleighty
(gcide) | Sleighty \Sleight"y\, a.
Cinning; sly. [Obs.] --Huloet.
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sleight
(wn) | sleight
n 1: adroitness in using the hands [syn: dexterity, {manual
dexterity}, sleight] |
sleight of hand
(wn) | sleight of hand
n 1: manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn:
prestidigitation, sleight of hand] |
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