SLEIGHT
dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight
(noun) adroitness in using the hands
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Sleight
A surname.
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• 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.
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• 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