ARTIFICE, ARTIFICER
NOUNS
► CAST artifice, a contrivance, device, trick → 1340 obs.
► CREEK an artifice, a trick; a crooked device → 1405 obs.
► CROOK an artifice, a trick, a wile; deceit, guile, trickery → 1175 obs.
► DAP an artifice, a trick, a ruse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REAK an artifice, a trick, a prank; a stratagem → 1629 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► SKIFT an artifice, device, or trick → 1460 obs.
► SPRING an artifice, a trick → 1753 obs.
► SUBTILITY an artifice, a dodge; a cunning of crafty scheme → 1390 obs.
► SUBTILTY artifice, stratagem; a cunning or clever device → 1386 obs.
► SUBTLETY an artifice; a crafty or cunning device; something craftily invented → 1375 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DÆDAL a skilful artificer or fabricator; a skilled worker or craftsman → 1630 obs.
► MANUFACTOR an artificer or manufacturer → 1649 obs.
► MANUFACTURER an artificer, an operative in a factory or workshop → 1719 obs.
VERBS
► GO ON THE ABRAHAM SUIT to resort to artifice or trick → 19C sl.
► JUGGLE to practice artifice or deceit with; to play tricks so as to cheat or deceive → 1528
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