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craft | artisanal |

As a noun craft

is strength; power; might.

As a verb craft

is to make by hand and with much skill.

As a proper noun Craft

is {{surname}.

As an adjective artisanal is

of or pertaining to artisans or the work of artisans.

craft

English

Noun

  • (lb) Strength; power; might.
  • (lb) Ability]]; dexterity; skill, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in [[manage, managing affairs; adroitness; practical cunning.
  • *(Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
  • *:A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making.
  • *(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
  • *:Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, / Has the craft of the smith been held in repute.
  • (lb) Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
  • *(Thomas Hobbes) (1588-1679)
  • *:You have that crooked wisdom which is called craft .
  • *(Bible), (w) xiv.1:
  • *:The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft , and put him to death.
  • (lb) A device; a means; an art; art in general.
  • The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
  • The members of a trade collectively; guild.
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  • Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc.
  • * “An Act for encouraging and regulating Fi?heries”, in Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, in America , T. Green (1784), [http://books.google.com/books?id=ywc4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA79&dq=craft p.79]:
  • *:And whereas the continual Interruption of the Cour?e and Pa??age of the Fi?h up the Rivers, by the daily drawing of Seins and other Fi?h-Craft , tends to prevent their Increa?e,
  • *1869 April 27, C. M. Scammon, Edward D. Cope (editor), “On the Cetaceans of the Western Coast of North America”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , Volume 21, [http://books.google.com/books?id=9IEOAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA46&dq=craft p.46]:
  • :The whaling craft consists of harpoons, lances, lines, and sealskin buoys, all of their own workmanship.
  • * (Charles Boardman Hawes), “A Boy Who Went Whaling”, in The Highest Hit: and Other Selections by Newbery Authors ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=xZC5QKSqW8UC ] Gareth Stevens Publishing (2001), ISBN 9780836828566, p.47:
  • *:From the mate’s boat they removed, at his direction, all whaling gear and craft except the oars and a single lance.
  • *1950 , in Discovery Reports , Volume 26,[http://books.google.com/books?id=GFgqAAAAMAAJ ] Cambridge University Press, p.318:
  • *:Temple, a negro of New Bedford, who made ‘whalecraft’, that is, was a blacksmith engaged in working from iron the special utensils or ‘craft ’ of the whaling trade.
  • *1991 , Joan Druett, Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820–1920 , University Press of New England (2001), ISBN 978-1-58465-159-8, [http://books.google.com/books?id=lwfRQFIeBYMC&pg=PA55&dq=craft p.55]:
  • *:The men raced about decks collecting the whaling craft and gear and putting them into the boats, while all the time the lookouts hollered from above.
  • (lb) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
  • #(lb) A woman.
  • #*
  • #*:“A tight little craft ,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
  • Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
  • A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space.
  • A particular kind of skilled work.
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  • Usage notes

    The unchanged plural is used if the word means vehicle(s) . Otherwise the regular plural is used.

    Derived terms

    * aircraft * craft beer, craft brewery * Cardcraft * gentle craft * gypsycraft * hovercraft * roadcraft * spacecraft * spellcraft * spycraft * statecraft * warcraft * watercraft * witchcraft

    Synonyms

    * (skill at work) craftsmanship, workmanship * (nautical sense) * (vehicle) * (kind of skilled work) trade * (shrewdness) craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make by hand and with much skill.
  • To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman): "state crafting", "crafting global policing".
  • References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] English invariant nouns

    artisanal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to artisans or the work of artisans.
  • * 1997 , Douglas W. Druick, Renoir , Art Institute of Chicago (1997), ISBN 9780810963252, page 13:
  • In short, the young artist was developing a special respect for an aesthetic as well as an artisanal tradition that would set him apart from his future Impressionist colleagues.
  • * 1998 , Valerie Steele, Paris Fashion: A Cultural History , Berg (2006), ISBN 1859739733, page 112:
  • The fashion plate still retained its essentially artisanal character, and involved a process of several stages.
  • * 1999 , Susan Pollock, Ancient Mesopotamia , Cambridge University Press (2004), ISBN 0521573343, page 1:
  • It was the labor of the majority that funded the trading expeditions, military conquests, and artisanal expertise responsible for the great works of art and architecture that we still admire today.
  • Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery.
  • * 1995 , Richard A. Posner, Overcoming Law , Harvard University Press, page 46:
  • “In addition, the artisanal mode of production promotes a stable cartel organization of industry by limiting output.”
  • * 2001 , S. Kuruvilla, L. Ferreira, S. Soomai, A. Jacque, III.8: Economic Performance and Technological Features of Marine Capture Fisheries: The Trawl Fishery of Trinidad and Tobago'', Uwe Tietze (editor), ''Report of the Regional Workshop on the Effects of Globalization and Deregulation on Fisheries in the Caribbean , FAO Fisheries Report No. 640, page 119,
  • Five species of penaeid shrimp are of commercial importance to both the artisanal and industrial fisheries of the northeast South America continental shelf.
  • * 2008 , Gloria L. Gallardo Fernández, From Seascapes of Exinction to Seascapes of Confidence , page 70,
  • Of the 200 nautical miles of Chilean EEZ, the major part (195 miles) is reserved for industrial fishing, while artisanal fishing has a mere 5 miles (LPA, 1991, Art. 3 and 4).
  • Made by an artisan (skilled worker).
  • * 2007 August, , page 18,
  • A sprinkle of aged artisanal soy sauce (my latest obsession) makes this simple dish seem like a feast.
  • * 2010 , Thom Leonard, Artisan Baker Profile: Thom Leonard'', Daniel T. DiMuzio. ''Bread Baking: An Artisan?s Perspective , page 26,
  • I could not have imagined that there would be nationally distributed artisanal bread that rivaled or surpassed the quality of much of the locally produced bread or that this would be the main competition.
  • * 2010 July—August, Leslie Southard, The Art of Cooking'', ''Log Home Living , page 71,
  • To complement an artisanal cheese or a fresh loaf of rosemary bread, nothing compares to a glass of fine wine.

    Synonyms

    * (involving skilled work) non-industrial, preindustrial, small-scale * (made by artisans) boutique, handmade

    Derived terms

    * artisanality

    See also

    * cottage industry * gourmet ----