Definition of "handcraft"

handcraft

noun
plural handcrafts
1. handicraft
2. (obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon experimentation and observation.
  Quotations
  These are, in redecraft, the English language and literature, mathematics, psychology; in handcraft, the physical sciences, physics, chemistry, biology; with regular and ample laboratory work in each.
  1895, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Proceedings of the Annual Convention - Issues 8-12, page 78
  Accordingly, that institution or school is best which enforces habits of order, attention, obedience, discrimination, memory ; which then secures skill in handcraft and redecraft, and likewise shows how these habits and this skill may be applied in useful avocations.
  1897, Daniel Coit Gilman, A Study in Black and White, page 8
verb
third-person singular simple present handcrafts, present participle handcrafting, simple past and past participle handcrafted
1. To engage in handcraft or handicraft.