| 单词 |
undercraft |
| 释义 |
† ˈundercraft Obs. [under-1 9 and 6 b.] 1. Hidden or secret craft or cunning.
c1400Pilgr. Sowle i. xxii. (1859) 27 If thou be vnwise how that thy sowle asayled is with synne and vndercraft. 2. A sly, underhand trick.
1691Norris Pract. Disc. 11 Are not..the little Under⁓crafts of the Plebeian all put into Motion by this Spring? 1765Sterne Tr. Shandy vii. xix, 'Tis an undercraft of authors to keep up a good understanding amongst words, as politicians do amongst men. 3. attrib. Belonging to inferior crafts.
1723Dk. Wharton True Briton No. 59. 23 Dec. 2/1 The Under-Craft Traders; such as Tide-waiters, Tidesmen, and Supernumeraries. |

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