- Adroit - Showing great skill - Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating
thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's
hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy. - Imperious; domineering; arbitrary. - With the skill of a master.
- A beginner’s needlework piece - Piece showing needlework skill - One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines
samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler. - A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of
needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples,
or to display the skill of the worker.