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for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge. Sleigh bell, a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.

The act of riding in a sleigh.

Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] "His sleight and his covin." Chaucer.

Cunning; dexterous. [Obs.]

Cunningly. [Obs.] Huloet.

Cunning; sly. [Obs.] Huloet.

A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.] The long wagon body set on bobsleds. W. D. Howells.

n of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs.

Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.] Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer.

nds 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.

A small, light one-horse sleigh.

A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vechicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management. "Dexterous sleights of hand." Trench.

To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false. What penalty and danger you accrue, If you be found to double. J. Webster.

Discordant sound; wrangling. The musical jangle of sleigh bells. Longfellow.

To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also gingle.]

To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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.

The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.

A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. [U.S.] J. F. Cooper.