Definition of cradle

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Cradle (n.) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker..

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Nativity :: Nativity (n.) A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. i.) To lie or lodge, as in a cradle..
Cot :: Cot (n.) A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) Infancy, or very early life..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle..
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks..
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..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker..
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.
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 (v. t.) To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain..
Solen :: Solen (n.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6..
Discradle :: Discradle (v. t.) To take from a cradle.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
Rock :: Rock (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
Cradle :: 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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