n. [ D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and OFries. trekka. Cf. Track, Trachery, Trig, a., Trigger. ] 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know a trick worth two of that. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. [ 1913 Webster ]

The trick of that voice I do well remember. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath a trick of Cœur de Lion's face. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Card Playing) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. [ 1913 Webster ]

On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Naut.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stratagem; wile; fraud; cheat; juggle; finesse; sleight; deception; imposture; delusion; imposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tricked p. pr. & vb. n. Tricking. ] 1. To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. “ Trick her off in air.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry. [ 1913 Webster ]

They forget that they are in the statutes: . . . there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A trigger. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tricks; a trickster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being tricky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dress; ornament. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to tricks; tricky. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trick"ish*ly, adv. -- Trick"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a small stream; drip.

Streams that . . . are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]