Artifice

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1. Noun

A handicraft; a trade; art of making.

2. Noun

Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

3. Noun

Artful or skillful contrivance.

4. Noun

Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]
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