artifice /ärˈti-fis/

1. Contrivance or trickery
2. An ingenious expedient
3. A crafty trick, machination
4. Skill, craft, resource
5. Handicraft (Milton)
6. Workmanship (obsolete)

artifˈicer noun

1. A mechanic (esp army and navy)
2. A person who creates skilfully
3. A craftsman
4. A contriver
5. (with cap) the Creator
6. A trickster (obsolete)

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