juggle

  • 111jug|gler — «JUHG luhr», noun. 1. a person who can do juggling tricks: »After dinner comes in a juggler which showed us very pretty tricks (Samuel Pepys). 2. Figurative. a person who uses tricks, deception, or fraud: »The Sophist…is proved to be a dissembler …

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  • 112out of the ordinary — {adj. phr.} Outside or beyond common experience; unusual; wonderful; extraordinary. * /The parade will be something out of the ordinary because a real king will be there./ * /This juggler was out of the ordinary because he could juggle with his… …

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  • 113out of the ordinary — {adj. phr.} Outside or beyond common experience; unusual; wonderful; extraordinary. * /The parade will be something out of the ordinary because a real king will be there./ * /This juggler was out of the ordinary because he could juggle with his… …

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  • 114Conjure — Con jure, v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. [1913 Webster] She conjures; away with her. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 115Palm — (p[aum]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed} (p[aum]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. [1913 Webster] They palmed the trick that lost the… …

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  • 116Palmed — Palm Palm (p[aum]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed} (p[aum]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. [1913 Webster] They palmed the trick that… …

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  • 117Palming — Palm Palm (p[aum]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed} (p[aum]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. [1913 Webster] They palmed the trick that… …

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  • 118Shuffle — Shuf fle, v. i. 1. To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut. [1913 Webster] 2. To change one s position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate. [1913 Webster] I myself …

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  • 119Sophistry — Soph ist*ry, n. [OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie.] 1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. [1913 Webster] The juggle of sophistry… …

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  • 120Trick — 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;… …

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