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nt; 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 craft of the smith been held in repute. Lo…

a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman. [WordNet 1.5]

With craft; artfully; cunningly.

ng and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. v. 13.

Without craft or cunning. Helpless, craftless, and innocent people. Jer. Taylor.

One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.

The work of a craftsman.

One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning. In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. Holland.

Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [Obs.] "Crafty work." Piers Plowman.

Any device, as a balloon, aëroplane, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air.

Authorship; literary skill.

The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts.

Same as Handicraft.

A handicraftsman.

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. Addison.

A man skilled or employed in handcraft. Bacon.

The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. Prescott.

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

To exceed in cunning. [R.] Shak.

posing or writing; authorship. I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge in pencraft. S