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cradling |
2 definitions found 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]: Cradling \Cra"dling\ (-dl?ng), n. 1. The act of using a cradle. 2. (Coopering) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place the two parts being afterward united and rehooped 3. (Carp.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. --Knight.
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