redecraft

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English

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Etymology

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From rede +‎ -craft.

Noun

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redecraft

  1. (obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon logic and reasoning, as opposed to experimentation and observation.
    • 1888, The Edinburgh Review - Volume 168, page 126:
      A flaw or an unsoundness in redecraft is a thought-putting which is unsound or cheatsome or guilesome.
    • 1895, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Proceedings of the Annual Convention - Issues 8-12, page 78:
      These are, in redecraft, the English language and literature, mathematics, psychology; in handcraft, the physical sciences, physics, chemistry, biology; with regular and ample laboratory work in each.
    • 1897, Daniel Coit Gilman, A Study in Black and White, page 8:
      Accordingly, that institution or school is best which enforces habits of order, attention, obedience, discrimination, memory ; which then secures skill in handcraft and redecraft, and likewise shows how these habits and this skill may be applied in useful avocations.

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