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 Skill \Skill\, n. [Icel. skil a distinction, discernment; akin
   to skilja to separate, divide, distinguish, Sw. skilja,.
   skille to separate, skiel reason, right, justice, Sw.
   sk[aum]l reason, Lith. skelli to cleave. Cf. {Shell},
   {Shoal}, a multitude.]
   1. Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. [Obs.]
      --Shak. "As it was skill and right." --Chaucer.
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            For great skill is, he prove that he wrought. [For
      with good reason he should test what he created.]
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. Knowledge; understanding. [Obsoles.]
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            That by his fellowship he color might
            Both his estate and love from skill of any wight.
                                                  --Spenser.
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            Nor want we skill or art.             --Milton.
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   3. The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with
      readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in
      the application of the art or science to practical
      purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to
      perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill
      of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
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            Phocion, . . . by his great wisdom and skill at
            negotiations, diverted Alexander from the conquest
            of Athens.                            --Swift.
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            Where patience her sweet skill imparts. --Keble.
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   4. Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
      [Obs.]
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            Richard . . . by a thousand princely skills,
            gathering so much corn as if he meant not to return.
                                                  --Fuller.
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   5. Any particular art. [Obs.]
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            Learned in one skill, and in another kind of
            learning unskillful.                  --Hooker.
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   Syn: Dexterity; adroitness; expertness; art; aptitude;
        ability.

   Usage: {Skill}, {Dexterity}, {Adroitness}. Skill is more
          intelligent, denoting familiar knowledge united to
          readiness of performance. Dexterity, when applied to
          the body, is more mechanical, and refers to habitual
          ease of execution. Adroitness involves the same image
          with dexterity, and differs from it as implaying a
          general facility of movement (especially in avoidance
          of danger or in escaping from a difficalty). The same
          distinctions apply to the figurative sense of the
          words. A man is skillful in any employment when he
          understands both its theory and its practice. He is
          dexterous when he maneuvers with great lightness. He
          is adroit in the use od quick, sudden, and
          well-directed movements of the body or the mind, so as
          to effect the object he has in view.
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