handicraft

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈhændɪkɹæft/
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/ˈhændɪkɹæft/ · /ˈhændɪkɹɑːft/

Definition of handicraft

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
    “I regard the Grand Seignior , who is obliged , by an express command in the Alcoran , to learn and practise some handicraft trade”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
    “I regard the Grand Seignior , who is obliged , by an express command in the Alcoran , to learn and practise some handicraft trade”
  2. (countable, uncountable)An artifact produced by handicraft.
  3. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
    “his men were all baſe handie craftes, as coblers, and curriers, and tinkers, whereof ſome had barres of yron[…]”
    “the Handicrafts-Shops begin to open”
    “The M[e]chanicks, and handy-crafts were Induſtrious, Thrifty, and the main ſupporters of the Trade of France.”
    “"Why, thou knowest, father," he said, smiling, "that we handicrafts best love the folks we live by;[…]”

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Etymology

For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft. By surface analysis, handy + -craft.

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