Glossary of Magic (illusion) - D

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• Deal - to take cards off the top of the deck. Dealing "seconds", "middles", or "bottoms", refers to a sleight in which the second, middle, or bottom card is secretly dealt in lieu of the top card.
• Dirty - a hand which contains an object the audience should not know about, or the condition at some point where the magician has "vanished" objects or gimmicked items hidden in her hands. See Clean.
• Ditch - to secretly get rid of an object or gimmick.
• Dove pan - a classic effect in which a performer produces a dove from a seemingly empty pan.
• Dovetail shuffle - see Riffle shuffle.
• Downs Palm - to palm between the crotch of the index finger and the crotch of the thumb. Invented by T. Nelson Downs.
• Equivoque - a method of forcing a specific object on a spectator through a seemingly randomized selection process. See Force.