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