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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  sleight of hand
       n : manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn: prestidigitation]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sleight of hand
     n.
     1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
     2 A performance of such skill.
     3 (lb en by extension idiom) Any form of skillful deception.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sleight of hand
     n.
     1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
     2 A performance of such skill.
     3 (lb en by extension idiom) Any form of skillful deception.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sleight of hand
     n.
     1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
     2 A performance of such skill.
     3 (lb en by extension idiom) Any form of skillful deception.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sleight of hand
     n.
     1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
     2 A performance of such skill.
     3 (lb en by extension idiom) Any form of skillful deception.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sleight of hand
     Englanti n.
     silmänkääntötemppu

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
  Kunststück , Zauberkunststück , Trick 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
  Taschenspielerei 
     Synonym: legerdemain
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
  Volte 
           Note: Kartenspiel

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
  
  ταχυδακτυλουργία, ταχυδαχτυλουργία

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/ 
  1. silmänkääntötemppu
  performance
  2. sorminäppäryys
  skill

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
  bûvészmutatvány

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  sleight of hand /ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd/ 
    żonglerka

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/ 
  1. knep, trick
  performance
  2. fingerfärdighet
  skill

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "sleight of hand":
     Prospero, airiness, appearance, artful dodge, artifice,
     bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, catch, chicanery, chouse,
     conjuration, curve, curve-ball, delusiveness, design, device,
     dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, escamotage, fallaciousness,
     false appearance, false light, false show, falseness, fast deal,
     feint, fetch, ficelle, gambit, gimmick, googly, hanky-panky,
     hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey, idealization, illusionism, illusionist,
     illusiveness, immateriality, jiggery-pokery, joker, juggle,
     jugglery, juggling, legerdemain, magic, magic act, magic show,
     magician, monkey business, mumbo jumbo, pass, ploy,
     prestidigitation, ruse, scheme, scurvy trick, seeming, semblance,
     shift, show, simulacrum, sleight, sleight-of-hand trick, sorcerer,
     sorcery, specious appearance, stratagem, subterfuge, trick,
     trickery, unactuality, unreality, unsubstantiality, wile
  
  

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