art

A spelling of airt (which see). Also, practice as distinguished from theory.

← arsheen × artemon →

Art
·noun The black art; magic. II. Art ·noun Skillful plan; device. III. Art ·noun Cunning; artifice;...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
art
eight. Exmoor. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-art
·- The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Art union
·- An association for promoting art (·esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Black art
·- The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
black art
The art of picking a lock. Cant. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Fishing, the art of
Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jes...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose