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igious motives or credulity of others. It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. Macaulay.

Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen. Elizabeth showed much queencraft in procuring the votes of the nobility. Fuller.

To draft or draw anew.

To graft again.

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

omposition; versification. A half-effected inscription. Written with little skill of songcraft. Longfellow.

Astrology. [R.] Tennyson.

The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.

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

Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.

To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting.

Power more than natural; irresistible influence. He hath a witchcraft Over the king in 's tongue. Shak.

Art or skill of the mind; contrivance; invention; wit. [Obs.] Camden.

in shooting, and other sports in the woods. Men of the glade and forest! leave Your woodcraft for the field of fight. Bryant.

Bereft. Chaucer.

The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

fth century. Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.

To craze. [Obs.] Grafton.

bs.] In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the chief adeption of the victory. Grafton.

A cannon capable of being trained at very high angles for use against aircraft.