Part 2536

<h1>Cradling</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Cra"dling</hw> <tt>(-dl?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of using a cradle.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Coopering)</fld> <def>Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Craft</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Craft</hw> <tt>(kr?ft)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cr<?/ft</ets> strength, skill, art, cunning; akin to OS., G., Sw., & Dan. <ets>kraft</ets> strength, D. <ets>kracht</ets>, Icel. <ets>kraptr</ets>; perh. originally, a drawing together, stretching, from the root of E. <ets>cramp</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Strength; might; secret power.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.</def>

<blockquote>Ye know that by this <b>craft</b> we have our wealth. <i>Acts xix. 25.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or <b>craft</b> of making. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, Has the <b>craft</b> of the smith been held in repute. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; <as>as, the <ex>craft</ex> of ironmongers</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new <b>craft</b> guilds. <i>J. R. Green.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>You have that crooked wisdom which is called <b>craft</b>. <i>Hobbes.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The chief priets and the scribes sought how they might take him by <b>craft</b>, and put him to death. <i>Mark xiv. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense.</def>

<blockquote>The evolutions of the numerous tiny <b>craft</b> moving over the lake. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Small crafts</col>, <cd>small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets.</cd></cs>

<h1>Craft</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Craft</hw>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <def>To play tricks; to practice artifice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>You have <b>crafted</b> fair. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Craftily</h1> <Xpage=338>

<hw>Craft"i*ly</hw> <tt>(-?-l?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Crafty</er>.]</ety> <def>With craft; artfully; cunningly.</def>

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<h1>Craftiness</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Craft"i*ness</hw> <tt>(kr?ft"?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.</def>