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Definition of cradle

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Cradle (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..

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Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The act of using a cradle.

Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain..

Cradled :: Cradled (imp. & p. p.) of Cradl.

Slice :: Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

Solen :: Solen (n.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6..

Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) Infancy, or very early life..

Rocker :: Rocker (n.) One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle..

Discradle :: Discradle (v. t.) To take from a cradle.

Cradle :: Cradle (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..

Hopperings :: Hopperings (n.) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.

Rocker :: Rocker (n.) One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks..

Encradle :: Encradle (v. t.) To lay in a cradle.

Rocker :: Rocker (n.) A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle..

Cradle :: Cradle (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..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground..

Rock :: Rock (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter..

Rock :: Rock (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet..

Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.