01 n. Strength; might; secret power.
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Strength; might; secret power.[Obs.]
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2.
Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.“Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.” — Acts xix. 25.“A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making.” — B. Jonson.“Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, Has the craft of the smith been held in repute.” — Longfellow.
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Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers.“The control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new craft guilds.” — J. R. Green.
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4.
Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices.“You have that crooked wisdom which is called craft.” — Hobbes.“The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.” — Mark xiv. 1.
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A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense.(Naut.)“The evolutions of the numerous tiny craft moving over the lake.” — Prof. Wilson.
Phrases & compounds
Small crafts —
small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets.