skilled

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SKILL'ED, adjective Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in the application of it; familiarly acquainted with; followed by in; as a professor skilled in logic or geometry; one skilled in the art of engraving.
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