sleight Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun adroitness in using the hands
    dexterity; manual dexterity.

WordNet

Sleight noun
Etymology
OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. slg (for slg) slyness, cunning, fr. slgr (for slgr) sly, cunning. See Sly.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913