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Artifice (n.) A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
Artifice (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
Artifice (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.
Artifice (n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]