ˈbook-craftObs. or arch. Book-learning, literary skill, literature: book-making, authorship. c888K. ælfred Boeth. i, Boeþius..wæs in boccræftum..se rihtwisesta.1621B. Jonson Gipsies Metamorph., Some book-craft you have, and are pretty well spoken.1831Scott Ct.Rob. 17 The technical language of book-craft.