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Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker. Addison.

A person skilled in logic. Bacon. Each fierce logician still expelling Locke. Pope.

One skilled in logography.

, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill. If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds. Shak. Luck penny, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays money. [Prov. Eng.] -- To be is luck…

One skilled in the use of machine tools.

raordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle. The painter's magic skill. Cowper.

One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.

Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful. -- Mal"a*droit`ly, adv. -- Mal`a*droit"ness, n.

Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden.

One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater. A skillful manager of the rabble. South.

being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind. Whewell.

One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. [R.]

One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.

Skill of a marksman.

The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry.

One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art. Great masters of ridicule. Maccaulay. No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. Locke.

Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery. His masterful, pale face. Mrs. Browning.

The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.

Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy. "A wise and masterly inactivity." Sir J. Mackintosh.