pencraft

CIDE DICTIONARY

pencraft, n. 

•  Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.  [1913 Webster]
•  The art of composing or writing; authorship.  [1913 Webster]

  "I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge in pencraft."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

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