A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1558-1610
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Craft, v. [e.m.E. and ME. crafte (c 1315).] a. intr. To use craft. b. tr. To accomplish by craft. —1558-66 Knox I. 257.
Whill that the Quein begane to craft 1610 in Calderwood VII. 149.
You forcers of it, who sould farre lesse thus have forced it; or if ye lyke better, crafted it
