Part 2537

<blockquote>He taketh the wise in their own <b>craftiness</b>. <i>Job. v. 13.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Craftless</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Craft"less</hw> <tt>(-l?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without craft or cunning.</def>

<blockquote>Helpless, <b>craftless</b>, and innocent people. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Craftsman</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Crafts"man</hw> <tt>(kr?fts"m<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Craftsmen</plw> <tt>(-m<it>e</it>n)</tt>.</plu> <def>One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.</def>

<h1>Craftsmanship</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Crafts"man*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The work of a craftsman.</def>

<h1>Craftsmaster</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Crafts"mas`ter</hw> <tt>(-m?s`t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning.</def>

<blockquote>In cunning persuasion his <b>craftsmaster</b>. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crafty</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Craft"y</hw> <tt>(kr?ft"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cr<?/ftig</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Crafty</i> work."

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.</def>

<blockquote>A noble <b>crafty</b> man of trees. <i>Wyclif.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.</def> "A pair of <i>crafty</i> knaves."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>With anxious care and <b>crafty</b> wiles. <i>J. Baillie.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; <?/ly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See <er>Cunning</er>.</syn>

<h1>Crag</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Crag</hw> <tt>(kr?g)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>craig</ets>; akin to Gael. <ets>creag</ets>, Corn. <ets>karak</ets>, Armor. <ets>karrek</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A steep, rugged rock; a cough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.</def>

<blockquote>From <b>crag</b> to <b>crag</b> the signal fiew. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.</def>

<h1>Crag</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Crag</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A form of <ets>craw</ets>: cf. D. <ets>kraag</ets> neck, collar, G. <ets>kragen</ets>. See <er>Craw</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The neck or throat</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And bear the <b>crag</b> so stiff and so state. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The neck piece or scrag of mutton.</def>