Define the word handicraft"Handicraft" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Handicraft \Hand"i*craft\ (h[a^]nd"[i^]*kr[.a]ft), n. [For
handcraft, influenced by handiwork; AS. handcr[ae]ft.]
1. A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation;
handcraft. --Addison.
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2. A man who earns his living by handicraft; a
handicraftsman. [R.] --Dryden.
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"handicraft" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
handicraft
n 1: a work produced by hand labor [syn: handcraft, handiwork,
handwork]
2: a craft that requires skillful hands
"handicraft" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "handicraft":
architecture, art, artisan work, artisanship, assembly, building,
business, calling, career, career building, careerism, casting,
composition, construction, conversion, craft, crafting,
craftsmanship, craftwork, creation, cultivation, devising,
elaboration, erection, extraction, fabrication, fashioning,
formation, forming, formulation, framing, game, growing, handiwork,
harvesting, industrial art, industrial design, lifework, line,
line of business, line of work, machining, making, manual art,
manufacture, manufacturing, metalcraft, metier, milling, mining,
mission, molding, mystery, number, occupation, practice,
prefabrication, preparation, processing, producing, profession,
pursuit, racket, raising, refining, shaping, smelting,
specialization, specialty, stonecraft, trade, vocation, walk,
walk of life, woodcraft, work, workmanship
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