"handcraft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handcrafts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English handcrafte, handecraft, hond-craft, from Old English handcræft, equivalent to hand + craft. Cognate with Dutch handkracht, German Handkraft. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|handcrafte}} Middle English handcrafte, {{m|enm|handecraft}} handecraft, {{m|enm|hond-craft}} hond-craft, {{inh|en|ang|handcræft}} Old English handcræft, {{compound|en|hand|craft}} hand + craft, {{cog|nl|handkracht}} Dutch handkracht, {{cog|de|Handkraft}} German Handkraft Head templates: {{en-noun}} handcraft (plural handcrafts)
  1. handicraft
    Sense id: en-handcraft-en-noun-HXkGx5jJ
  2. (obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon experimentation and observation. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-handcraft-en-noun-OwZ6RsUI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -craft Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 73 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 68 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -craft: 25 46 30

Verb

Forms: handcrafts [present, singular, third-person], handcrafting [participle, present], handcrafted [participle, past], handcrafted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English handcrafte, handecraft, hond-craft, from Old English handcræft, equivalent to hand + craft. Cognate with Dutch handkracht, German Handkraft. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|handcrafte}} Middle English handcrafte, {{m|enm|handecraft}} handecraft, {{m|enm|hond-craft}} hond-craft, {{inh|en|ang|handcræft}} Old English handcræft, {{compound|en|hand|craft}} hand + craft, {{cog|nl|handkracht}} Dutch handkracht, {{cog|de|Handkraft}} German Handkraft Head templates: {{en-verb}} handcraft (third-person singular simple present handcrafts, present participle handcrafting, simple past and past participle handcrafted)
  1. To engage in handcraft or handicraft. Related terms: handcrafter Translations (to engage in handcraft or handicraft): tehdä käsityötä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-handcraft-en-verb-HnR1sNNk

Inflected forms

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