Definition of "redecraft"

redecraft

noun
1. (obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon logic and reasoning, as opposed to experimentation and observation.
  Quotations
  A flaw or an unsoundness in redecraft is a thought-putting which is unsound or cheatsome or guilesome.
  1888, The Edinburgh Review - Volume 168, page 126
  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