handcraft
noun
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L321650 on Wikidata ↗verb
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L331883 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌkɹæft/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English handcrafte, handecraft, hond-craft, from Old English handcræft, equivalent to hand + -craft. Cognate with Dutch handkracht, German Handkraft.
- handicraft
- 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.”
“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.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English handcrafte, handecraft, hond-craft, from Old English handcræft, equivalent to hand + -craft. Cognate with Dutch handkracht, German Handkraft.
- To engage in handcraft or handicraft.