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Metal frame in which counterweights are carried in a flying system.

cradle
\cra"dle\ (krād'l), n. [as. cradel, cradol, prob. from celtic; cf. gael. creathall, ir. craidhal, w. cryd a shaking or rocking, a cradle; perh. akin to e. crate.]
1. a bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty. the cradle that received thee at thy birth. no sooner was i crept out of my cradle but i was made a king, at nine months old.
2. infancy, or very early life. from their cradles bred together. a form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles.
3. (agric.) an implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
4. (engraving) a tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
5. a framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
6. (med.) (a) a case for a broken or dislocated limb. (b) a frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
7. (mining) (a) a machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker. [u.s.] (b) a suspended scaffold used in shafts.
8. (carp.) the ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
9. (naut.) the basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

  similar words(7) 

 gold cradle 
 cratch cradle 
 cradle scythe 
 to cradle a picture 
 cat`s cradle 
 cradle hole 
 scratch cradle 

Frames used during construction of a ship conforming to the curvature and shape. They are generally made of flat bars and shapes and support the shell until the shell is tied in the bulkheads and framing.

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Meaning
A box-like shape made from twisting a loop of string around the fingers.
Origin
Once a popular pastime for children. A corruption of cratchcradle, from the French for manger. Cattle's feed racks are still known as crathes.

cunabula

Noun
1. a baby bed with sides and rockers
(hypernym) baby bed, baby's bed
(part-meronym) rocker
2. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
(synonym) birthplace, place of origin, provenance
(hypernym) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
3. birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
(hypernym) birth
4. a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
(synonym) rocker
(hypernym) trough
Verb
1. hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
(hypernym) hold, take hold
2. bring up from infancy
(hypernym) rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
3. hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
(hypernym) hold, take hold
4. cut grain with a cradle scythe
(hypernym) cut
5. wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
(hypernym) wash, launder
(derivation) rocker
6. run with the stick
(hypernym) play
(classification) lacrosse


To dream of a cradle, with a beautiful infant occupying it, portends prosperity and the affections of beautiful children. To rock your own baby in a cradle, denotes the serious illness of one of the family. For a young woman to dream of rocking a cradle is portentous of her downfall. She should beware of gossiping.
  

      calder

cliabhán, m.

(v. t.)
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
   (v. t.)
To nurse or train in infancy.
   (v. t.)
To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
   (v. t.)
To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
   (v. i.)
To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
   (n.)
The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
   (n.)
The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
   (n.)
Infancy, or very early life.
   (n.)
An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
   (n.)
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
   (n.)
A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
   (n.)
A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
   (n.)
A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
   (n.)
A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
   (n.)
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
   (n.)
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.
  

A supporting structure shaped to fit the conduit it supports.

one who shows romantic or sexual interest in a much younger person


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