TRICK  , a crafty or fraudulent

device, deceitful artifice or stratagem, hence an exhibition of skill, especially in sleight of hand or jugglery, the term being also used of a peculiar trait or manner of speech, character or physical habit . A specific use is that for the cards played at a single round, which are taken up and count towards the winning of the game . The origin of the word is ultimately to be found in Lat. tricae, trifles, hindrances, wiles, whence tricari, to delay, shuffle, play tricks, which has also given " intricate," " extricate," " intrigue." The M . Eng. trichen, to cheat or trick, was adapted from the O . Fr. trickier, trechier, whence came trecherie, Eng . " treachery," a betrayal of faith, perfidy or trickery of the grossest kind . There has been also a confusion, which has influenced the meaning and form of " trick," with the Dutch trekken, to pull, draw, cf. the South African Dutch trek, a journey, migration, properly the action of drawing a vehicle or travelling by ox-wagon . " Trick " or " tricking " is thus used, in heraldry, as the technical term for the drawing of a coat of arms in monochrome, giving the tinctures by the conventions of vertical, horizontal or diagonal lines, &c .