cunning contrivance
1cunning contrivance — index maneuver (trick) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2cunning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craftiness Nouns 1. cunning, craft, craftiness, canniness, wit; gumption; slyness, artifice, art; subtlety, finesse, maneuvering; diplomacy, Machiavellianism, politics; resourcefulness; Jesuitry;… …
3contrivance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. device, invention, construction, machine, apparatus, contraption (inf.); plan, scheme, trick, stratagem. See instrumentality, cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A plan, especially an ingenious plan] Syn …
4maneuver — I (tactic) noun approach, course of conduct, decursio, decursus, device, line of action, management, manipulation, mode of procedure, move, operation, plan of attack, planned campaign, procedure, scheme, stratagem, strategy, stroke, undertaking… …
5tram — tram1 tramless, adj. /tram/, n., v., trammed, tramming. n. 1. Brit. a streetcar. 2. a tramway; tramroad. 3. Also called tramcar /tram kahr /. a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine. 4. the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier. v.t …
6Trick — Trick, n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. tr[ae]kke, and OFries. trekka. Cf. {Track}, {Trachery}, {Trig}, a., {Trigger}.] 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance;… …
7Ayyavazhi in reports by Christian missionaries — Ayyavazhi, a belief system originating from South India, is mentioned in a number of reports by Christian missionaries in the 19th century. In some of these reports, it is claimed that Ayyavazhi is an anti Christian religious phenomenon. The… …
8till — till1 /til/, prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in negative constructions): He did not come till today. 3. near or at a specified time: till evening. 4. Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S. before; to:… …
9wile — n. Trick, stratagem, cheat, fraud, chicane, chicanery, artifice, chouse, imposture, deceit, imposition, deception, ruse, dodge, fetch, manaeuvre, cunning contrivance, crafty device …
10trick — I. n. 1. Artifice, stratagem, wile, cheat, dodge, doubling, fraud, chicane, blind, feint, manaeuvre, deceit, imposition, imposture, deception, juggle, reach, shuffle, hocus pocus, swindle, chouse, fetch, humbug, hoax, cog, gammon, cunning… …
