資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sleight \Sleight\, n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel.
   sl?g? (for sl?g?) slyness, cunning, fr. sl?gr (for sl?gr)
   sly, cunning. See {Sly}.]
   1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] ``His sleight and
      his covin.'' --Chaucer.

   2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that
      the manner of performance escapes observation.

            The world hath many subtle sleights.  --Latimer.

   3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. --Chaucer. ``The
      juggler's sleight.'' --Hudibras.

   {Sleight of hand}, legerdemain; prestidigitation.

資料來源 : WordNet®

sleight of hand
     n : manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn: {prestidigitation}]