Definition of artifice

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Artifice (n.) A handicraft; a trade; art of making.

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Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.
Overreach :: Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure..
Cartwright :: Cartwright (n.) An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (n.) A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Conveyance :: Conveyance (n.) Dishonest management, or artifice..
Practice :: Practice (n.) Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.
Subterrane :: Subterfuge (n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion..
Craftsman :: Craftsman (n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.
Gaud :: Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
Lapidary :: Lapidary (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones..
Architect :: Architect (n.) A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed..
Juggle :: Juggle (v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture.
Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.
Decoy :: Decoy (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net..
Tradesman :: Tradesman (n.) A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands..
Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..
Dodge :: Dodge (n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice..
Overhear :: Overhear (v. t.) To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.
Avail :: Avail (v. t.) To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment..
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