sloyd

[ sloid ]

/ slɔɪd /

a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.

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1880–85; <Swedish slöjd craft, industrial art, woodworking; cognate with sleight

Why, some of those little chaps in the sloyd room can chisel and plane like carpenters.
The Story of Porcelain|Sara Ware Bassett
"That's Fairholme," Sloyd went on, as they came to a large and rather new house situated on the skirts of Blentmouth.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
Presumably Mr Sloyd's inquiries elicited satisfactory information; perhaps Mina was not hard to please.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
It cannot be supposed that Sloyd will succeed in the midst of incongruous surroundings.
A Plea for the Criminal|James Leslie Allan Kayll

Athletics and calisthenics, wood-carving, clay-modelling, mechanical drawing and Sloyd.
A Plea for the Criminal|James Leslie Allan Kayll