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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..

Artificer :: Artificer (n.) A cunning or artful fellow.

Covin :: Covin (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice.

Mechanic :: Mechanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar..

Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.

Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..

Counterplot :: Counterplot (n.) A plot or artifice opposed to another.

Overhear :: Overhear (v. t.) To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.

Manuary :: Manuary (n.) An artificer.

Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..

Plant :: Plant (n.) A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.

Abovedeck :: Abovedeck (a.) On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice..

Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..

Baffle :: Baffle (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture..

Wright :: Wright (n.) One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc..

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener..

Trick :: Trick (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade..

Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure..

Elusion :: Elusion (n.) Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery..

Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.

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