pencraft rare.
(ˈpɛnkrɑːft, -æ-)
[f. pen n.2 + craft n.]
The craft or art of the pen; the occupation of, or skill in, writing; the business of a writer, writing, penmanship, authorship.
| 1600 Holland Livy ix. xlvi. 349 The same yeare, C. Flavius..sware an oth, that he would no longer be a notarie and use pencraft. 1759 Sterne Tr. Shandy II. iv, I would not give a groat for that man's knowledge in pen-craft. 1831 Scott Ct. Rob. Introd., To think that I merit not the empty fame alone, but also the more substantial rewards of successful pencraft. 1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard Fox 255 But by good pencraft was the story Told. |