Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
Skillful, artful.
Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Cute, appealing.
Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.
The disposition to employ one’s skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. from 14th c.
A tool; a utensil or implement. from 14th c.
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. from 16th c.
A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force. from 16th c.
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. from 19th c.
A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track. from 19th c.
A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). from 20th c.
Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile. 13th-17th c.
The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme. 13th-18th c.
Natural talent; genius. 14th-17th c.
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
To assault with an engine.
To contrive; to put into action.
To rack; to torture.
