handicraftn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈhandɪkrɑːft/,

/ˈhandɪkraft/, U.S.

/ˈhændiˌkræft/

Forms: 1500s handyecrafte, 1500s–1600s handicrafte, 1500s–1600s handiecraft, 1500s–1600s handycrafte, 1500s–1700s handycraft, 1500s– handicraft, 1600s handiecrafte.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: handcraft n.

Etymology: Alteration of handcraft n., by association with handiwork n. Compare also handy adj.

A. n.

a. A manual art, trade, or occupation; a craft involving making things by hand, (now) esp. one producing domestic objects or decorative pieces using traditional techniques.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > craft

crafteOE

craftworkOE

handcraftOE

mister?c1225

cunning1340

arta1393

mysterya1400

sciencec1485

handicraft1523

mechanic1604

magistery1647

tradecraft1842

1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 2 All maner of personnes beyng Alyens..occupieng any mistery or handy craft..shalbe under the Serche and Reformacion of the Wardens and the Felowshyppes of handy craftes.

1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Fvij They also teache vs diverse wayes of marchaundise, mani handycraftes.

1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 70 Servile and manufactory men that should serve the uses of the world in the handicrafts.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. Pref. sig. A4^v Smithing is..as curious a Handy-craft as any is.

1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 306 They bring up their Charity-Children to Handicrafts, as well as Trades.

1760 Diss. Chief Obstacles Improvem. Land iv. 49 Those employed in handicrafts necessary for the country.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 27 Students left the university and went home to learn a handicraft.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 286 Improvements were introduced into agriculture and the handicrafts.

1907 ‘Artifex’ & ‘Opifex’ Causes of Decay in Brit. Industry ii. 25 Gun-barrel welding is one of the handicrafts lost to Birmingham.., whilst it is thriving in Belgium.

1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 180/2 No satisfactory automatic basket-weaving machinery was perfected. True basketry, therefore, remains a handicraft.

2019 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 8 July 7 Bali was incredible back in the days before it was touristy and was known for handicrafts like wood carving and making fabrics by hand.

b. Chiefly in plural. The result of this, an item produced by such a craft; esp. a domestic or decorative object made by hand. Also as a mass noun.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] > done by hand

handworkOE

craftworkc1425

manufacture1567

handiworka1680

handicraft1891

craft1911

handcraft1920

1891 London Mercury 31 Jan. 7/3 A most interesting exhibition of Women's Handicrafts has been held this week at Westminster Town Hall.

1930 Financial Times 16 July 15/5 On Saturday, 19th July, the Llangattock Schools of Arts and Crafts..will hold a sale of handicrafts and holiday accessories.

1950 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 14 Aug. 8/3 A handicraft from the shellcraft, plastics and leathercraft classes was displayed.

1992 J. Hamilton-Paterson Seven-tenths vii. i. 239 Copra and handicrafts are swapped for electronic goods, textiles and canned food.

2012 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 13 May (Escape section) 16 A bustling market strip with French-influenced bakeries..sharing space with market stalls boasting all manner of local handicraft.

2. Skilled manual labour; skill or expertise in making things by hand; craftsmanship. Also in extended use. Cf. handcraft n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > manual work

handcraftOE

craftworkOE

handworkOE

manual labour?1406

handworking?a1425

manoeuvre1479

hand labour1517

handiwork1525

handicrafta1535

manuary1581

mechanic1605

manufacture1625

arm labour1677

mechanics1726

hag1797

hag-work1841

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxiii. sig. T.v Some by handy crafte, some by marchandise, some by other kinde of liuyng aryse & come forward in y^e world.

?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Bvi Coonnyng in handy craft and facultie.

1658 J. Robinson Endoxa i. 16 All kind of Handicraft, or Art.

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants Ep. Ded. p. ii A Piece of Natures Handicraft.

1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 5 We can neither employ them in Handicraft, or Agriculture.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iv. 280 When the old man [sc. Daedalus] saw what had happened, he damned his own handicraft in wing-making.

1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. ii. 79 He prefers handicraft to field labour.

1923 G. S. Mason in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1924) 164 She would bring home samples of her handicraft and bedeck the supper table with tiny fat dolls.

1954 D. Ben-Gurion & M. Nurock Rebirth & Destiny Israel 400 The duty was laid upon us to bring in countless multitudes of our people, to..place them in agriculture, in industry and handicraft.

2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. f3/4 The steel wire tables and stools unite contemporary design with African handicraft.

†3. = handicraftsman n. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > skilled worker or craftsman

wright?a695

craftyeOE

craftimanOE

craftmanc1275

wroughtc1275

master-mana1325

mister mana1325

craftsmana1382

man of craft1389

artificera1393

handcraftman?c1480

handcraftsman1485

mechanic1509

handcrafta1525

handicraftsman1530

artisana1538

handicraftmana1544

handicraft1547

artsman1551

artist1563

mechanician1570

tradesmana1591

mechanical1600

mechanist1606

Daedal?1614

blue apron1629

Daedalus1631

crafter1643

fitter1648

mystery-man1671

toolsman1821

fundi1860

tradie1912

craftspersona1917

1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) sig. f.vi There be other saynts for artifycers or handy craftes, euery one in hys occupation and faculte.

1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 30 in Rocke of Regard The handie craft, who wins his breade by toyle, With sweate of browe.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 751 Made by Masons, Carpenters, Geometricians, Sawyers, Ioiners, & other handycrafts.

1663 G. Wharton Calendarium Carolinum sig. A3^v Repining Tradesmen and Poor Handicrafts.

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. Introd. 2 Those who make the goods they sell..are..called..handicrafts.

1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. xi. 284 A man who had been long in his father's family, and was an excellent handycraft.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi Why, thou knowest..that we handicrafts best love the folk we live by.

B. adj.

Involving handicraft; manual, practical; (also) of, relating to, or practising handicraft.In later use chiefly interpreted as an attributive use of the noun.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > [adjective] > manual

manual?1406

handly?a1425

mechanicalc1450

handy1535

mechanicc1550

handicraft1559

manuary1576

operative1624

chiroponal1651

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale v. i. f. 79^v We be moued to be affectionate towarde these handicrafte occupacions.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 59 We see by handicraft-demonstration, that the Air in deep Wells and Cellers is stable in the same point of heat.

1663 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 8) sig. F4/1 Handy-craft-trades, which require the labour of the hand.

1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 67 Sollicite Handicraft Tradesmen and Slaves.

1734 S. Richardson Apprentice's Vade Mecum ii. 25 If it be your Lot to be put to a Handicraft Business, Industry and Diligence will be the principle Things..required of you.

1769 B. Franklin Let. 27 Apr. in Wks. (1887) IV. 242 This handicraft, shop-keeping state will, for its own sake, learn to behave more civilly to its customers.

1784 W. Coxe Trav. Poland, Russia, Sweden, & Denmark II. v. iv. 298 The governor assigns the colonists who have been bred to handicraft trades to different masters in the town.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 139 The ingenuity of the handicraft people here is very striking.

1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer v. 202 The inhabitants..lived by the cultivation of trade, commerce, and the arts handicraft and mental.

1894 Rep. Commissioner (Royal Commission on Secondary Educ.) (1895) III. 152 With the sixth and seventh standards they should take some of these handicraft subjects.

1940 Mod. World 9 Nov. 8/1 What had impressed us most was the inevitableness of industrialization in this last Oriental stronghold of handicraft economy.

1973 Maclean's Apr. EC5/1 There's the colorful parade, horticulture and handicraft displays, [etc.].

1991 Jrnl. Refugee Stud. 4 229 Large-scale programmes were proposed, including self-sufficiency projects for agriculture and handicraft activities.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	handicraft
释义	handicraftn.adj. Brit. /ˈhandɪkrɑːft/, /ˈhandɪkraft/, U.S. /ˈhændiˌkræft/ Forms: 1500s handyecrafte, 1500s–1600s handicrafte, 1500s–1600s handiecraft, 1500s–1600s handycrafte, 1500s–1700s handycraft, 1500s– handicraft, 1600s handiecrafte. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: handcraft n. Etymology: Alteration of handcraft n., by association with handiwork n. Compare also handy adj. A. n. 1. a. A manual art, trade, or occupation; a craft involving making things by hand, (now) esp. one producing domestic objects or decorative pieces using traditional techniques. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > craft crafteOE craftworkOE handcraftOE mister?c1225 cunning1340 arta1393 mysterya1400 sciencec1485 handicraft1523 mechanic1604 magistery1647 tradecraft1842 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 2 All maner of personnes beyng Alyens..occupieng any mistery or handy craft..shalbe under the Serche and Reformacion of the Wardens and the Felowshyppes of handy craftes. 1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Fvij They also teache vs diverse wayes of marchaundise, mani handycraftes. 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 70 Servile and manufactory men that should serve the uses of the world in the handicrafts. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. Pref. sig. A4^v Smithing is..as curious a Handy-craft as any is. 1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 306 They bring up their Charity-Children to Handicrafts, as well as Trades. 1760 Diss. Chief Obstacles Improvem. Land iv. 49 Those employed in handicrafts necessary for the country. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 27 Students left the university and went home to learn a handicraft. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 286 Improvements were introduced into agriculture and the handicrafts. 1907 ‘Artifex’ & ‘Opifex’ Causes of Decay in Brit. Industry ii. 25 Gun-barrel welding is one of the handicrafts lost to Birmingham.., whilst it is thriving in Belgium. 1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 180/2 No satisfactory automatic basket-weaving machinery was perfected. True basketry, therefore, remains a handicraft. 2019 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 8 July 7 Bali was incredible back in the days before it was touristy and was known for handicrafts like wood carving and making fabrics by hand. b. Chiefly in plural. The result of this, an item produced by such a craft; esp. a domestic or decorative object made by hand. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] > done by hand handworkOE craftworkc1425 manufacture1567 handiworka1680 handicraft1891 craft1911 handcraft1920 1891 London Mercury 31 Jan. 7/3 A most interesting exhibition of Women's Handicrafts has been held this week at Westminster Town Hall. 1930 Financial Times 16 July 15/5 On Saturday, 19th July, the Llangattock Schools of Arts and Crafts..will hold a sale of handicrafts and holiday accessories. 1950 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 14 Aug. 8/3 A handicraft from the shellcraft, plastics and leathercraft classes was displayed. 1992 J. Hamilton-Paterson Seven-tenths vii. i. 239 Copra and handicrafts are swapped for electronic goods, textiles and canned food. 2012 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 13 May (Escape section) 16 A bustling market strip with French-influenced bakeries..sharing space with market stalls boasting all manner of local handicraft. 2. Skilled manual labour; skill or expertise in making things by hand; craftsmanship. Also in extended use. Cf. handcraft n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > manual work handcraftOE craftworkOE handworkOE manual labour?1406 handworking?a1425 manoeuvre1479 hand labour1517 handiwork1525 handicrafta1535 manuary1581 mechanic1605 manufacture1625 arm labour1677 mechanics1726 hag1797 hag-work1841 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxiii. sig. T.v Some by handy crafte, some by marchandise, some by other kinde of liuyng aryse & come forward in y^e world. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Bvi Coonnyng in handy craft and facultie. 1658 J. Robinson Endoxa i. 16 All kind of Handicraft, or Art. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants Ep. Ded. p. ii A Piece of Natures Handicraft. 1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 5 We can neither employ them in Handicraft, or Agriculture. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iv. 280 When the old man [sc. Daedalus] saw what had happened, he damned his own handicraft in wing-making. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. ii. 79 He prefers handicraft to field labour. 1923 G. S. Mason in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories (1924) 164 She would bring home samples of her handicraft and bedeck the supper table with tiny fat dolls. 1954 D. Ben-Gurion & M. Nurock Rebirth & Destiny Israel 400 The duty was laid upon us to bring in countless multitudes of our people, to..place them in agriculture, in industry and handicraft. 2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. f3/4 The steel wire tables and stools unite contemporary design with African handicraft. †3. = handicraftsman n. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > skilled worker or craftsman wright?a695 craftyeOE craftimanOE craftmanc1275 wroughtc1275 master-mana1325 mister mana1325 craftsmana1382 man of craft1389 artificera1393 handcraftman?c1480 handcraftsman1485 mechanic1509 handcrafta1525 handicraftsman1530 artisana1538 handicraftmana1544 handicraft1547 artsman1551 artist1563 mechanician1570 tradesmana1591 mechanical1600 mechanist1606 Daedal?1614 blue apron1629 Daedalus1631 crafter1643 fitter1648 mystery-man1671 toolsman1821 fundi1860 tradie1912 craftspersona1917 1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) sig. f.vi There be other saynts for artifycers or handy craftes, euery one in hys occupation and faculte. 1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 30 in Rocke of Regard The handie craft, who wins his breade by toyle, With sweate of browe. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 751 Made by Masons, Carpenters, Geometricians, Sawyers, Ioiners, & other handycrafts. 1663 G. Wharton Calendarium Carolinum sig. A3^v Repining Tradesmen and Poor Handicrafts. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. Introd. 2 Those who make the goods they sell..are..called..handicrafts. 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. xi. 284 A man who had been long in his father's family, and was an excellent handycraft. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi Why, thou knowest..that we handicrafts best love the folk we live by. B. adj. Involving handicraft; manual, practical; (also) of, relating to, or practising handicraft.In later use chiefly interpreted as an attributive use of the noun. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [adjective] > manual manual?1406 handly?a1425 mechanicalc1450 handy1535 mechanicc1550 handicraft1559 manuary1576 operative1624 chiroponal1651 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale v. i. f. 79^v We be moued to be affectionate towarde these handicrafte occupacions. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 59 We see by handicraft-demonstration, that the Air in deep Wells and Cellers is stable in the same point of heat. 1663 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 8) sig. F4/1 Handy-craft-trades, which require the labour of the hand. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 67 Sollicite Handicraft Tradesmen and Slaves. 1734 S. Richardson Apprentice's Vade Mecum ii. 25 If it be your Lot to be put to a Handicraft Business, Industry and Diligence will be the principle Things..required of you. 1769 B. Franklin Let. 27 Apr. in Wks. (1887) IV. 242 This handicraft, shop-keeping state will, for its own sake, learn to behave more civilly to its customers. 1784 W. Coxe Trav. Poland, Russia, Sweden, & Denmark II. v. iv. 298 The governor assigns the colonists who have been bred to handicraft trades to different masters in the town. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 139 The ingenuity of the handicraft people here is very striking. 1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer v. 202 The inhabitants..lived by the cultivation of trade, commerce, and the arts handicraft and mental. 1894 Rep. Commissioner (Royal Commission on Secondary Educ.) (1895) III. 152 With the sixth and seventh standards they should take some of these handicraft subjects. 1940 Mod. World 9 Nov. 8/1 What had impressed us most was the inevitableness of industrialization in this last Oriental stronghold of handicraft economy. 1973 Maclean's Apr. EC5/1 There's the colorful parade, horticulture and handicraft displays, [etc.]. 1991 Jrnl. Refugee Stud. 4 229 Large-scale programmes were proposed, including self-sufficiency projects for agriculture and handicraft activities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1523
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