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Traditional English :: craft
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craftily.html - n. & v. --n. 1 skill, esp. in practical arts. 2 a (esp. in comb.) a trade or an art (statecraft; handicraft; priestcraft; the craft of pottery). b the members of a craft. 3 (pl. craft) a a boat or vessel. b an aircraft or spacecraft. 4 cunning or deceit. 5 (the Craft) the brotherhood of Freemasons. --v.tr. make in a skilful way (crafted a poem; a well-crafted piece of work). craft-brother a fellow worker in the same trade. craft-guild hist. a guild of workers of the same trade. [OE cróft] |
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Traditional English :: craftsman
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craftily.html - n. (pl. -men; fem. craftswoman, pl. -women) 1 a skilled and usu. time-served worker. 2 a person who practises a handicraft. 3 a private soldier in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. craftsmanship n. [ME, orig. craft's man] |
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Traditional English :: crafty
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craftily.html - adj. (craftier, craftiest) cunning, artful, wily. craftily adv. craftiness n. [OE cróftig] |
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Traditional English :: craft
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craftily.html - n. & v. --n. 1 skill, esp. in practical arts. 2 a (esp. in comb.) a trade or an art (statecraft; handicraft; priestcraft; the craft of pottery). b the members of a craft. 3 (pl. craft) a a boat or vessel. b an aircraft or spacecraft. 4 cunning or deceit. 5 (the Craft) the brotherhood of Freemasons. --v.tr. make in a skilful way (crafted a poem; a well-crafted piece of work). craft-brother a fellow worker in the same trade. craft-guild hist. a guild of workers of the same trade. [OE cróft] |
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Traditional English :: craftsman
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craftily.html - n. (pl. -men; fem. craftswoman, pl. -women) 1 a skilled and usu. time-served worker. 2 a person who practises a handicraft. 3 a private soldier in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. craftsmanship n. [ME, orig. craft's man] |
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Traditional English :: crafty
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craftily.html - adj. (craftier, craftiest) cunning, artful, wily. craftily adv. craftiness n. [OE cróftig] |
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