Slojd

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

  Sloyd \Sloyd\, n. [Written also {slojd}, and {sloid}.] [Sw.
     sl["o]jd skill, dexterity, esp. skilled labor, hence,
     manufacture, wood carving.]
     Lit., skilled mechanical work, such as that required in wood
     carving; trade work; hence, a system (usually called the
     sloyd system) of manual training in the practical use of the


     tools and materials used in the trades, and of instruction in
     the making and use of the plans and specifications connected
     with trade work. The sloyd system derives its name from the
     fact that it was adopted or largely developed from a similar
     Swedish system, in which wood carving was a chief feature.
     Its purpose is not only to afford practical skill in some
     trade, but also to develop the pupils mentally and
     physically.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]