CDT

Proper noun

Central Daylight Time

1. The time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of the Midwest and the southern part of the United States, and Manitoba, the western third of northern Ontario and the middle third of Nunavut in Canada from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November, as well as the province of Saskatchewan in Canada and most states of Mexico year-round; it is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-5), and one hour ahead of Central Standard Time.

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   CDT

Noun

craft (countable and uncountable, plural craft or crafts)

1. (obsolete, uncountable) Strength; power; might; force .
   • By the craft of nature.1526, William Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection

   Synonyms:

   potence, strength, authority, disposition, force, might, potency, power, virtue

2. Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .
   • The Cyclôpes were Brontês, Steropês, and Argês,—formidable persons, equally distinguished for strength and for manual craft […]1846, George Grote, A history of Greece

   Synonyms:

   technique, proficiency, ability, aptitude, capacity, capability, competency, competence, cunning, dexterity

3. Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception .
   • […]and the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 14:1

   Synonyms:

   technique, proficiency, ability, aptitude, capacity, capability, competency, competence, cunning, dexterity

4. (obsolete) Occult art, magic .

   Synonyms:

   technique, proficiency, ability, aptitude, capacity, capability, competency, competence, cunning, dexterity

5. (countable, obsolete) A work or product of art .
   1. (collective, obsolete, plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts .
      • [Canton] has a large export trade in hand-made crafts, ivory and furniture.1911 January, Timberman

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