Sub"til*ty (?), n. [Contr. fr.
subtility.] 1. The quality or state of
being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or
light.
2. Refinement; extreme acuteness;
subtlety.
Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much
subtility in nice divisions.
Locke.
3. Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.]
To learn a lewd man this subtility.
Chaucer.
4. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a
cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
O full of all subtility and all
mischief.
Acts xiii. 10.
&fist; In senses 2, 3, and 4 the word is more commonly written
subtlety.
Sub"til*ty (?), n. [Contr. fr.
subtility.] 1. The quality or state of
being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or
light.
2. Refinement; extreme acuteness;
subtlety.
Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much
subtility in nice divisions.
Locke.
3. Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.]
To learn a lewd man this subtility.
Chaucer.
4. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a
cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
O full of all subtility and all
mischief.
Acts xiii. 10.
&fist; In senses 2, 3, and 4 the word is more commonly written
subtlety.
