0 a skilled activity in which something is made in a traditional way with the hands rather than being produced by machines in a factory, or an object made by such an activity --
1 a product that is made by hand rather than by using a machine: --
It is also important to notice that those who wanted a change in the legislation belonged first of all to the retail and handicraft trades.
Its rehabilitative measures included time-discipline, behavioral restrictions, medical attention as needed, basic education, and training in handicrafts.
Manufacturing in the form of handicraft and processing, however, receives a lower proportion of the credit.
This early period is marked by a pre-capitalist and 'handicraft' mentality.
They pride themselves on their cooking, gardening, and handicrafts as well as on their knowledge of herbal remedies.
These manufactures, nevertheless, allowed the scattered handicrafts and domestic industries to continue to exist as a broad foundation.
However only 7 % of households participate in commercial handicraft production.
During this period we may reasonably suppose an almost universal participation of urban households in illegal small-scale trade, and probably the expansion of handicraft production.