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Oh my word Sleigh, Sleight, Sleight of Hand
We always have enough time to do what needs to be done. Thoughts of “not enough time” are born of fear and a consciousness of lack. The ego fabricates the belief in lack of time as a sleight of hand to move us away from peace. If we make peace our first priority, all things that need to be taken care of in time will be handled.’
We always have enough time to do what needs to be done. Thoughts of “not enough time” are born of fear and a consciousness of lack. The ego fabricates the belief in lack of time as a sleight of hand to move us away from peace. If we make peace our first priority, all things that need to be taken care of in time will be handled.’ –Alan Cohen, 365 Recipes That Will Make You Think Positive
Sleigh is a sledge drawn by a horse, or snow dogs. Sleigh refers to a vehicle pulled by an animal in snow such as a dog on snow or ice usually used for transporting goods, or people.
One of the enduring images of Santa Clause is: sleighing down from the icy mountains with gifts on the sleigh.
Sleigh bell is a jingle bell: heralding Christmas…
Have you ever been on a sleigh ride?
Sleigh as a verb means travel on a sleigh, to ride or drive a sleigh. She filmed aurora borealis while sleighing. The other variants of the verb sleigh are sleighs, sleighed, sleighing. The archaic meaning of sleigh as an adjective refers to sly.
Sleigher is a person who rides or drives a sleigh (unlike a slayer).
There are places in Scandinavia which are popular and known for sleighing.
Sled is smaller than a sleigh (noun) but used by young persons for sliding on snow or ice. Its verb variants are sleds, sledded, sledding.
Sleight is a noun. Sleights is plural noun. Sleight means cunning, crafty, showing sly sacrifice (not real), another meaning of sleight is an artful practice, an artful trick; enacting a feat that is dexterous in such a way that skill of performance or that feat escapes the observation.
Sleighty is an adjective meaning cunning, sly; and sleightful is also an adjective someone showing cunning; or having dexterity in doing something.
Sleight of hand is an idiom. It means a great skill in using the hands in performing conjuring tricks such as entertainers in a circus, performers in adventurous television shows involving the wizardry of doing things.
Sleight of hand indicates to something or someone having the dexterity or the ability to do tricks, create illusions, or a performance of such a skill.
Figuratively, sleight of hand refers to tricking someone, cleverly executed trick.
The accountants, and someone above them, monitor financial transactions and that is norm across companies and governmental departments because there could always be a sleight of hand.
Kovuuri G Reddy
