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Word Meanings - TRICK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope. (more info) draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and 1. An artifice

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The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope. (more info) draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. tricks of the trade mean simply specialized knowledge, in a good or neutral sense. He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick. South. I know a trick worth two of that. Shak. 2. A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks. 3. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. Prior. 4. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. The trick of that voice I do well remember. Shak. He hath a trick of Coeur de Lion's face. Shak. 5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. B. Jonson.

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  • DEPRIVEMENT
    Deprivation.
  • CRAFTY
    1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. "Crafty work." Piers Plowman. 2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. A noble crafty man of trees. Wyclif. 3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
  • COZENAGE
    The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak.
  • DOUBLEGANGER
    An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley.
  • DETECTOR BAR
    A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train , laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch.
  • ARTIFICER
    A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan. (more info) 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one
  • DOUBLE
    Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally
  • FINESSE
    The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2. (more info) 1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem. This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.
  • EXPOSER
    One who exposes or discloses.
  • DOUBLE-SHADE
    To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
  • DOUBLE-LOCK
    To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
  • ILLUSIONABLE
    Liable to illusion.
  • DEALBATION
    Act of bleaching; a whitening.
  • DOUBLE DEALER
    One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.
  • CUNNINGNESS
    Quality of being cunning; craft.
  • TRICK
    The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope. (more info) draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and 1. An artifice
  • DEFRAUD
    To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing
  • JUGGLERESS
    1. A female juggler. T. Warton.
  • DEALFISH
    A long, thin fish of the arctic seas .
  • TRICKISH
    Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trick"ish*ly, adv. -- Trick"ish*ness, n.
  • THYROIDEAL
    Thyroid.
  • KINGCRAFT
    The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. Prescott.
  • ENTERDEAL
    Mutual dealings; intercourse. The enterdeal of princes strange. Spenser.
  • WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
    A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
  • IDEALISTIC
    Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
  • UNBEGUILE
    To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. "Then unbeguile thyself." Donne.

 

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