Emily Dickinson Lexicon

skill, n. [ON skil, distinction, difference.]

1. Art; craft.
2. Clockworks; time keeping; [fig.] excellence; precision; finesse.
3. Medical knowledge; surgical precision.
4. Practice; technique; facility; proficiency.
5. Special intervention; supernatural power; ability to do something unique.
6. Counting; calculating; mathematics knowledge; adding and subtracting.
7. Wisdom; insight; knowledge of truth.
8. Power; ability to achieve one's goal; [fig.] death.
9. Tact; diplomacy; discretion.
10. Right; authority.
11. Dexterity; reach; ability to grasp.