Category:Sleight

Sleight, n. Etym: [oe. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, icel. sl (for sl) Slyness, cunning, fr. sl (for sl) 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.