CRAFT, noun 1. Art; ability; dexterity; skill. Poesy is the poets skill or craft of making-- 2. Cunning, art or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit. The chief priests and scribes sought how they might take him by craft and put him to death. Mark 14:1. 3. Art; skill; dexterity in a particular manual occupation; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; trade. Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts 19:25. 4. All sorts of vessels employed in loading or unloading ships, as lighters, hoys, barges, scows, etc. Small craft is a term given to small vessels of all hinds, as sloops, schooners, cutters, etc. CRAFT, verb intransitive To play tricks. [Not in use.]
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