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Webster 1913 Edition
Craft
Craft
(krȧft)
, Noun.
[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.
2.
Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.
Ye know that by this
craft
we have our wealth. Acts xix. 25.
A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or
craft
of making. B. Jonson.
Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations,
Has the
Has the
craft
of the smith been held in repute. Longfellow.
3.
Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild;
as, the
. craft
of ironmongersThe control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new
craft
guilds. J. R. Green.
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.
You have that crooked wisdom which is called
craft
. Hobbes.
The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by
craft
, and put him to death. Mark xiv. 1.
5.
(Naut.)
A vessel; vessels of any kind; – generally used in a collective sense.
The evolutions of the numerous tiny
craft
moving over the lake. Prof. Wilson.
Small crafts
, small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets.
Craft
,Verb.
T.
To play tricks; to practice artifice.
[Obs.]
You have
crafted
fair. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Craft
CRAFT
,Noun.
1.
Art; ability; dexterity; skill.Poesy is the poets skill or craft of making--
2.
Cunning, art or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit.The chief priests and scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark 14.
3.
Art; skill; dexterity in a particular manual occupation; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; trade.Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts 19.
4.
All sorts of vessels employed in loading or unloading ships, as lighters, hoys, barges, scows, &c.Small craft is a term given to small vessels of all hinds, as sloops, schooners, cutters, &c.
CRAFT
,Verb.
I.