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sleight

  [slahyt]
–noun
1. skill; dexterity.
2. an artifice; stratagem.
3. cunning; craft.
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Origin:
1225–75; ME; early ME slēgth < ON slǣgth. See sly, -th 1
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sleight   (slīt)   
n.  

  1. Deftness; dexterity.

  2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem.


[Middle English, alteration of sleahthe, from Old Norse slɶgdh, from slɶgr, sly.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

sleight 
"cunning," c.1275, from O.N. sloegð "cleverness, cunning, slyness," from sloegr (see sly). Term sleight of hand is attested from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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