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Handicraft
//ˈhændɪkɹæft// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. countable, uncountable
"I regard the Grand Seignior , who is obliged , by an express command in the Alcoran , to learn and practise some handicraft trade"
- 2 a craft that requires skillful hands wordnet
- 3 An artifact produced by handicraft. countable, uncountable
- 4 a work produced by hand labor wordnet
- 5 A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman. countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
"his men were all baſe handie craftes, as coblers, and curriers, and tinkers, whereof ſome had barres of yron[…]"
Etymology
For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft. By surface analysis, handy + -craft.
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