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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, LL volta, for voluta, volutio, fr L. volvere volutum to roll, to turn about See {Voluble}, and cf {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray. 2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like a cell; a cellar. ``Charnel vaults.'' --Milton. The silent vaults of death. --Sandys. To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift. 3. The canopy of heaven; the sky. That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak. 4. [F. volte, It volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: a (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. b A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, or {Wagon}, {vault} (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under {Rampant}), or curved in plan as around the apse of a church. {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t. {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}. {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cradle \Cra"dle\ (kr[=a]d'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. --Cowper. No sooner was I crept out of my cradle But I was made a king, at nine months old --Shak. 2. Infancy, or very early life. From their cradles bred together. --Shak. A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. --Clarendon. 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. --Knight. 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. {Cat's cradle}. See under {Cat}. {Cradle hole}, a sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. {Cradle scythe}, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cradle \Cra"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cradled} (-d'ld); p. pr & vb n. {Cradling} (-dl?ng).] 1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. It cradles their fears to sleep. --D. A. Clark. 2. To nurse or train in infancy. He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars. --Glanvill. 3. To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain. 4. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade. --Knight. {To cradle a picture}, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cradle \Cra"dle\, v. i. To lie or lodge, as in a cradle. Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cradle n 1: a baby's bed with sides and rockers 2: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: {birthplace}, {place of origin}, {provenance}] 3: birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry" v 1: hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms" 2: bring up from infancy 3: rock or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms" [syn: {rock}] 4: cut grain with a cradle scythe 5: wash in a cradle; of gold 6: run with the stick, in Lacrosse
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