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edge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity. We speak also not in wise words of man's wisdom, but in the doctrine of the spirit. Wyclif (1 Cor. ii. 13). Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. Job xxviii. 28.…

Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination. Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford Shak.

Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent. Ex. xxviii. 3.

Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft. Great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries. Milton. A woman infamous . . . for witcheries. Sir W. Scott.

Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit. [Obs.] Camden.

Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. [Obs.] "The deep-revolving witty Buckingham." Shak.

Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods. Men of the glade and forest! leave Your woodcraft for the field of fight. Bryant.

Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.

Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.

Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.

The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton.

A woman who performs any work; especially, a woman skilled in needlework.

nd, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. Shak. Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman.…

One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.

s which are still in use, adorned their buildings with bas-reliefs and frescoes, and were skilled goldsmiths and silversmiths. -- Yun"can (#), a.

One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zoötomy.

re extensive country. They are noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.

One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.