Vocabulary : Cracowes to Craftless

Cracowes : Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century.
Cradgedness : The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess.
Cradle : A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty. ;; Infancy, or very early life. ;; An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath. ;; A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground. ;; A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship. ;; A case for a broken or dislocated limb. ;; A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person. ;; A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker. ;; A suspended scaffold used in shaft
Cradled : of Cradle
Cradleland : Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin.
Cradling : of Cradle ;; The act of using a cradle. ;; Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped. ;; The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
Craft : Strength; might; secret power. ;; Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. ;; Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers. ;; Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices. ;; A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense. ;; To play tricks; to practice artifice.
Craftily : With craft; artfully; cunningly.
Craftiness : Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
Craftless : Without craft or cunning.
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