Definition of artifice

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Artifice (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.

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Cartwright :: Cartwright (n.) An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
Duodecimal :: Duodecimal (n.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work..
Simple :: Simple (a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true..
Chicanery :: Chicanery (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Wary :: Wary (a.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful..
Dodgery :: Dodgery (n.) trickery; artifice.
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..
Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..
Mechanic :: Mechanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar..
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
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..
Craftsman :: Craftsman (n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.
Angle :: Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise..
Cabal :: Cabal (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
Craft :: Craft (n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices..
Filibuster :: Filibuster (v. i.) To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices..
Wile :: Wile (v. t.) To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.
Locksmith :: Locksmith (n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
Art :: Art (n.) Cunning; artifice; craft.
Reach :: Reach (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
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