CRAFT, n. 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. 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 19.4. All sorts of vessels employed in loading or unloading ships, as lighters, hoys, barges, scows, &c.Small craft is a term given to small vessels of all hinds, as sloops, schooners, cutters, &c.CRAFT, v.i. To play tricks. [Not in use.]
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