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handcraft

noun, verb — 3 senses

handcraft

noun

US /ˈhændˌkɹæft/

Etymology From Middle English handcrafte, handecraft, hond-craft, from Old English handcræft, equivalent to hand + -craft. Cognate with Dutch handkracht, German Handkraft.

1

handicraft

2

Obsolete The class of subjects for study that rely upon experimentation and observation.

  • These are, in redecraft, the English language and literature, mathematics, psychology; in handcraft, the physical sciences, physics, chemistry, biology; with regular and ample laboratory work in each.1895, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Proceedings of the Annual Convention - Issues 8-12, page 78:
  • Accordingly, that institution or school is best which enforces habits of order, attention, obedience, discrimination, memory ; which then secures skill in handcraft and redecraft, and likewise shows how these habits and this skill may be applied in useful avocations.1897, Daniel Coit Gilman, A Study in Black and White, page 8:

handcraft

verb

Etymology From Middle English handcrafte, handecraft, hond-craft, from Old English handcræft, equivalent to hand + -craft. Cognate with Dutch handkracht, German Handkraft.

1

To engage in handcraft or handicraft.

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handcrafter

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