Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: sloyd

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Oct 2nd 2012, 10:33

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==English==
 
==English==
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{{wikipedia}}
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===Alternative forms===
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* [[slojd]], [[slöjd]]
   
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From {{term|slöjd}}.
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From {{etyl|sv}} {{term|slöjd||handicraft, handiwork, skills|lang=sv}}
   
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}
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{{en-noun}}
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# 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.
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#:* {{quote-book
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|year=1947
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|year_published='''2009'''
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|edition=Digitized
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|editor=
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|author=Unesco, International Bureau of Education
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|title=Proceedings and Recommendations
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|chapter=
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|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NufeAAAAMAAJ&q=sloyds+OR+slojds&dq=sloyds+OR+slojds&source=bl&ots=ANBtrtCyWB&sig=HStyOiUAZdYDgdwqbcVibR3p9V0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bThqUIfoKunn0QHewIDYBA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBQ
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|genre=
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|publisher=
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|isbn=
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|page=
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|passage=He asked what exactly was the position given to the "'''sloyds'''" (handicrafts) in teaching …
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}}
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# a knife for carving
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#:* {{quote-book
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|year=1910
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|year_published='''2007'''
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|edition=HTML
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|editor=
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|author=William Noyes
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|title=Handwork in Wood
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|chapter=
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|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/8/4/20846/20846-h/20846-h.htm
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|genre=
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|publisher=The Gutenberg Project
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|isbn=
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|page=
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|passage=The '''sloyd''' knife, Fig. 84, is a tool likely to be misused in the hands of small children, but when sharp and in strong hands, has many valuable uses.
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}}
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#:* {{quote-magazine
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|date=
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|year=1933
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|month=June
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|first=
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|last=
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|author=W. Clyde Lammey
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|coauthors=
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|title=Tricks of Sharpening Knives
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|volume=59
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|issue=6
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|page=951
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|magazine=Popular Mechanics
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|publisher=
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|issn=
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|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UOIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA951&lpg=PA951&dq=sloyds+OR+slojds&source=bl&ots=QmKfdiQh86&sig=Wd7xbBV5M4Xd4axKPIEP2oeQ5-c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bThqUIfoKunn0QHewIDYBA&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBg
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|passage=… woodcarvers' knives or '''sloyds''', chisels and plane irons, …
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}}
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====References====
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{{Webster}}
   
# {{alternative spelling of|slöjd}}
 
   
 
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