Definition of artifice

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Artifice (n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.].

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Countermark :: Countermark (n.) A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was tak
Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.
Locksmith :: Locksmith (n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory..
Politician :: Politician (a.) Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.
Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure..
Wile :: Wile (v. t.) To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith..
Cartwright :: Cartwright (n.) An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
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..
Tradesman :: Tradesman (n.) A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands..
Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
Workman :: Workman (n.) Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer..
Juggle :: Juggle (v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture.
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..
Manualist :: Manualist (n.) One who works with the hands; an artificer.
Brazier :: Brazier (n.) An artificer who works in brass.
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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