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sloyd

or sloid, slojd

[ sloid ]

/ slɔɪd /

noun

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

Words nearby sloyd

slowcoach, slowdown, slowly, slowpoke, slowworm, sloyd, slr, slsc, slub, slubber, slubberdegullion

Origin of sloyd

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

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Examples from the Web for sloyd

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

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