SLEIGHT

dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight

(noun) adroitness in using the hands

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Sleight

A surname.

Anagrams

• Leights

Etymology

Noun

sleight (countable and uncountable, plural sleights)

Cunning; craft; artful practice.

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

Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

Anagrams

• Leights

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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