*craft*

n. 1. 1 a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. designed for or used for defense against attack by aircraft; as, anti-aircraft cannon. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. 1 pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.
Syn. -- arty-crafty, artsy, arty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming
Syn. -- artsy-craftsy [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Authorship; literary skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cræft strength, skill, art, cunning; akin to OS., G., Sw., & Dan. kraft strength, D. kracht, Icel. kraptr; perh. originally, a drawing together, stretching, from the root of E. cramp. ] 1. Strength; might; secret power. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts xix. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations,
Has the craft of the smith been held in repute. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new craft guilds. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have that crooked wisdom which is called craft. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark xiv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

The evolutions of the numerous tiny craft moving over the lake. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Small crafts, small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To play tricks; to practice artifice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You have crafted fair. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Crafty. ] With craft; artfully; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. [ 1913 Webster ]

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without craft or cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Helpless, craftless, and innocent people. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Craftsmen One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The work of a craftsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. cræftig. ] 1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [ Obs. ] “Crafty work.” Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. [ 1913 Webster ]

A noble crafty man of trees. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. “A pair of crafty knaves.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With anxious care and crafty wiles. J. Baillie.

Syn. -- Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See Cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Handicraft. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to make (something) by hand. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. made by hand or by a hand process. Contrasted to machine-made. [ Narrower terms: camp-made ; hand-loomed, handwoven ; handsewn, handstitched ; overhand, oversewn ) ]
Syn. -- handmade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. -men A handicraftsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; AS. handcræft. ] 1. A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -men A man skilled or employed in handcraft. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. skill in domestic management. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward-thrusting fans, and is propelled forward by an air propeller; also called ACV and air-cushioned vehicle. [ Mostly found in Great Britain ] [ PJC ]

n. The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of healing; skill of a physician. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An article or articles created or assembled by needle and thread; needlework.
Syn. -- needlework. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The art, process, or occupation of creating objects with needles, such as in crocheting, embroidery, quilting, or tapestry. [ PJC ]

v. t. To exceed in cunning. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of composing or writing; authorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge in pencraft. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elizabeth showed much queencraft in procuring the votes of the nobility. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [ R. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of making songs or verses; metrical composition; versification. [ 1913 Webster ]

A half-effaced inscription,
Written with little skill of songcraft. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a vehicle capable of travelling in or into outer space; at present, all such vehicles are powered by rocket engine. [ PJC ]

n. Astrology. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. [ R. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wiccecræft. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The practices or art of witches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

3. Power more than natural; irresistible influence. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath a witchcraft
Over the king in 's tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Adherence to or the practice of Wicca. In this sense the term does not necessarily include attempts at practice of magic, other than by prayers to the deities. [ PJC ]

n. 1. Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit. [ Obs. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of reasoning; logic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]