trick

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1. 1.A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
2. 2.Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. Prior.
3. 3.A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. The trick of that voice I do well remember. Shak. He hath a trick of Coeur de Lion's face. Shak.
4. 4.A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
5. 5.(Card Playing) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope.
6. 6.(Naut.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours.
7. 7.A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.] Shak.
8. 8.To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.
9. 9.To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. " Trick her off in air." Pope. People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds. Locke. They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been. Macaulay.
10. 10.To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry. They forget that they are in the statutes: . . . there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks called?
• What is mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. Prior called?
• What is a knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson called?
• What is the whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope called?
• What is a turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours called?
• What is a toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.] Shak called?
• What is to deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse called?