- (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.
- (n.) A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
- (n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.].
- (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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