Articulateness

The quality of being articulate. Artifice, n. [Fr.; Lat. artificium, from ars, artis, art, and facio, to make.] An artful or skilful contrivance or device; trick; fraud; cunning; imposition; craft; str at agem. "It needs no legends, no service in an unknown tongue: none of all these laborious artifices of ignorance; none of all these cloaks and coverings."- South . Artificer, n . [See ARTIFICE.] A person who works with his hands in the manufacture of anything. He is usually a person of intellectual acquirements, and independent of mere manual labor, placing him above the artisan, whose knowledge is limited to the general rules of his trade. -An artist; a maker; a contriver; an inventor. "Th' artificer of lies Renews th' a ault, and his last battery tries." - Dryden. ( Mil .) A soldier-mechanic attached to the artillery, and engineer services, designed to be employed in the construction and repair of war-materials, .