Skilful ( page 335 ).
Questions.
1. What does skilful signify? 2. How does dexterous compare with skilful? 3. How does a skilled compare with a skilful workman?
Examples.
So —— seamen ken the land from far,
Which shows like mists to the dull passenger.
Thousands of —— workmen are thrown into enforced idleness by the strikes and lockouts of every year.
Much that has been received as the work of disembodied spirits has been but the —— sleight of hand of spirits embodied.