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Rule; management. [Obs.] Chaucer.

eption or trick. He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Spenser. The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls. South.

One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.

The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman. [Obs.]

A backward stroke. [Obs.]

who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand. Dealing with witches and with conjurers. Shak. From the account the loser brings, The conjurer knows who stole the things. Prior.

enancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [Written also demain.] Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient.

One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer. As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. Shak. Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. Sir T. Browne.

Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words. [R.] Coleridge.

Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.

One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.

Legerdemain; prestidigitation. [Obs.]

hold was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. Blackstone.

y the officers called baitiffs, or seneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains. Hallam.

tice; dexterity; skill. Chaucer. "The juggler's sleight." Hudibras. Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.

Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.

The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain. T. Warton.

One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.