redecraft

noun

redecraft

noun

Etymology From rede + -craft.

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Obsolete The class of subjects for study that rely upon logic and reasoning, as opposed to experimentation and observation.

  • A flaw or an unsoundness in redecraft is a thought-putting which is unsound or cheatsome or guilesome.1888, The Edinburgh Review - Volume 168, page 126:
  • 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:
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  • 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:
Antonyms
handcraft

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