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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A system of manual training developed in Sweden, based on the use of tools in woodworking.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. See sloid.

Wiktionary

  1. n. skilled mechanical work; trade work; hence, a system (usually called the sloyd system) of manual training in the practical use of the tools and materials used in the trades, and of instruction in the making and use of the plans and specifications connected with trade work.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Lit., skilled mechanical work, such as that required in wood carving; trade work; hence, a system (usually called the sloyd system) of manual training in the practical use of the tools and materials used in the trades, and of instruction in the making and use of the plans and specifications connected with trade work. The sloyd system derives its name from the fact that it was adopted or largely developed from a similar Swedish system, in which wood carving was a chief feature. Its purpose is not only to afford practical skill in some trade, but also to develop the pupils mentally and physically.

Etymologies

  1. From Swedish slöjd ("handicraft, handiwork, skills") (Wiktionary)
  2. Swedish slöjd, skill, skilled labor; akin to Old Norse slœgdh, dexterity; see sleight. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • whichbe Skilled work (usually manufacturing) which requires dexterous use of tools. May 14, 2008

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