From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
2. The art of composing or writing; authorship.
I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge in pencraft. --Sterne.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "pencraft": artistry, authorcraft, authorship, autography, automatic writing, cacoethes scribendi, calligraphy, chirography, composition, creative writing, drama-writing, editorial-writing, essay-writing, expository writing, facility in writing, feature-writing, fist, graphanalysis, graphology, graphomania, graphometry, graphorrhea, graphospasm, hand, handwriting, inditement, journalism, libretto-writing, literary artistry, literary composition, literary power, literary production, literary talent, manuscript, novel-writing, paleography, pen, penmanship, penscript, playwriting, ready pen, rewriting, script, scription, scrive, short-story writing, skill with words, stylography, technical writing, verse-writing, writing
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