Sleight
1Sleight — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. An artful… …
2Sleight — is a surname, and may refer to:* George Sleight (1853 1921), English trawler owner * Karl J. Sleight (born 1962), attorneyee also* Sleight of hand * Slight …
3sleight — ► NOUN literary ▪ the use of dexterity or cunning, especially so as to deceive. ● sleight of hand Cf. ↑sleight of hand ORIGIN from Old Norse, sly …
4sleight — (n.) cunning, late 13c., from O.N. sloegð cleverness, cunning, slyness, from sloegr (see SLY (Cf. sly)). Term sleight of hand is attested from c.1400 …
5sleight — as in sleight of hand, is pronounced like slight. It is the noun equivalent of the adjective sly, as height is of high …
6sleight — index false pretense, imposture, maneuver (trick) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7sleight — [slīt] n. [ME < ON slœgth < slœgr, crafty, clever: see SLY] 1. cunning or craft used in deceiving 2. skill or dexterity …
8Sleight — This unusual and interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and has two distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, Sleight may be an example of that sizeable group of early European surnames that… …
9sleight — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
10sleight — [slʌɪt] noun (in phr. sleight of hand) manual dexterity, typically in performing conjuring tricks. ↘skilful deception. Origin ME: sleight from sleghth cunning, skill , from ON slœgth, from slœgr sly …
