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warcraft|ˈwɔːkrɑːft, -æ-|
[f. war n.1 + craft n.]
1. Cunning and skill in warfare; the art of conducting a war.
a1661Fuller Worthies, Lancs. (1662) 124 Duke Hambleton..had Officers who did Ken the War-craft, as well as any of our Age. 1846Eclectic Rev. XIX. 177 The leading secret of Napoleon's war-craft, consisted in an inversion of the current rules of warfare. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1877) V. ii. 370 Sir De Lacy Evans, a veteran well skilled in that part of the war-craft which belongs to the hour of combat. 1897E. Conybeare Hist. Cambridgesh. 98 The king plainly felt the matter one of extreme urgency, needing his own presence, with all his warcraft and statecraft, to deal with it.
2. War-vessels collectively; also, a warship.
1898Daily News 6 Aug. 5/6 Claiming the right to lock the Bosphorean gates of the Euxine against the fleets of the other Powers after passing our superfluous warcraft outwards. 1918Chambers's Jrnl. May 318/1 With a whisk of her stern, the warcraft stood off. 1927Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 11/3 It is believed here that the British and Japanese acceptances will pave the way for a conference of these Powers with the United States to consider the limitation of warcraft other than capital ships in line with the principles of the Washington Conference. 1930Tablet 16 Aug. 202/2 These scribblers..would have us..cease building war craft. |