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Skill in farming.

A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.

Skill; adroitness. [Archaic] Johnson.

f-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing. Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzing fence. Milton. Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence. Macaulay.

headway or sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. -- To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [of marble]" Addison. -- To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please." L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly.

One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.

Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Pope. The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. Dryden. He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. T. Gray.

Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. [R.] She has a good finger. Busby. Ear finger, the little finger. -- Finger alphabet. See Dactylology. -- Finger bar, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines pla…

One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist.

One skilled in fluxions. Berkeley.

Art or skill of a footman.

To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf.

A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.

ing same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.

Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor.

rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. Cowper.

A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games. When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shak.

Military skill in a general officer or commander.

One skilled in genethliacs.

One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician. I. Watts.