Pencraft

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pencraft \Pen"craft\, n.
     1. Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
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     2. The art of composing or writing; authorship.
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              I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge
              in pencraft.                          --Sterne.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "pencraft":
     artistry, authorcraft, authorship, autography, automatic writing,
     cacoethes scribendi, calligraphy, chirography, composition,
     creative writing, drama-writing, editorial-writing, essay-writing,
     expository writing, facility in writing, feature-writing, fist,
     graphanalysis, graphology, graphomania, graphometry, graphorrhea,
     graphospasm, hand, handwriting, inditement, journalism,
     libretto-writing, literary artistry, literary composition,
     literary power, literary production, literary talent, manuscript,
     novel-writing, paleography, pen, penmanship, penscript,
     playwriting, ready pen, rewriting, script, scription, scrive,
     short-story writing, skill with words, stylography,
     technical writing, verse-writing, writing