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A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] "A whole raft of folks." W. D. Howells. Raft bridge.

imp. of Reave. Chaucer.

A raftsman.

The business of making or managing rafts.

A man engaged in rafting.

Damp; musty. [Prov. Eng.]

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

Authorship; literary skill.

To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer.

The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts.

t; 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. Lon…

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

With craft; artfully; cunningly.

g 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.

Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.