craft1ly, craft i lich

& adv. [M. H. Ger. 1. Lit .: To lay or place in a cradle; to rock to kraftelich .] IMG:content-1229.png:[blocks in formation] "It (the corpse) rested on a wheeled truck made noisele by the addition of rubber-tired wheels, and beside it was the cradle , as the pan is called which receives the body. The cradle is made of cold-rolled steel, designed to prevent its becoming warped by the flames."Chicago Tribune, Dec. 21, 1893. cradle-babe, s. An infant. "As mild and gentle as the cradle - babe ." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . II . , iii. 2. *cradle-bairn, *cradelbarn, *kradelbarne, s. An infant, a cradle-babe. "He made hem rowte Als he weren kradelbarne ." IMG:content-1230.png:[blocks in formation] *A. As adj .: Cunning, skillful, clever. Reliq . Antiq ., ii. 176. "He was a clerk, that wrothete this craft i lich werk." dexterously, artfully. B. As adv.: With craft or cunning; cunningly, had, for that cause, craftily persuaded Solyman to take in hand the unfortunate Persian war." Knolles.