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craft
English
Etymology
From Middle English craft, from Old English cræft, from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz, further origin obscure.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k???ft/
- Rhymes: -??ft
- (US) IPA(key): /k?æft/
Noun
craft (countable and uncountable, plural craft or crafts)
- (uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force [9th century].
- (uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.
- Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].
- Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [13th century].
- Synonyms: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
- (obsolete) Occult art, magic [13th century].
- Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].
- (countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art [c. 1000].
- (collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts [20th century].
- (collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts [20th century].
- (countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment [13th century].
- (countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities [13th century].
- (uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession [9th century].
- Synonyms: craftsmanship, workmanship
- (countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].
- Synonyms: art, trade, handicraft, business, profession
- (countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ [15th century].
- (countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].
- (nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
- (nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
- (figuratively) A woman.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
- (countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. [17th century].
Usage notes
The plural craft is used to refer to vehicles. All other senses use the plural crafts.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
craft (third-person singular simple present crafts, present participle crafting, simple past and past participle crafted)
- To make by hand and with much skill.
- To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).
- state crafting; the process of crafting global policing
- (video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
Derived terms
- crafter
- uncrafted
Translations
References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1 (journal website).
Anagrams
- fract
Old Dutch
Alternative forms
- kraft, creft
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kraft-.
Noun
craft f
- strength, power, force
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: cracht, craft
- Dutch: kracht
- Afrikaans: krag
- Limburgish: krach
- Dutch: kracht
Further reading
- “kraht”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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priestcraft
English
Etymology
priest +? -craft.
Noun
priestcraft (usually uncountable, plural priestcrafts)
- The craft of performing the duties of a priest.
- (derogatory) Priestly policy directed towards worldly ends.
- 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel:
- In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, before polygamy was made a sin
- 1831, The Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 26:29
- He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.
- 1891, Horace (Horatio) Smith, Address to a Mummy:
- Perhaps thou wert a priest,--if so, my struggles / Are vain, for priestcraft never owns its juggles.
- 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel:
Anagrams
- afterscript
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