Definition of cradle

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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..

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Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain..
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..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
Discradle :: Discradle (v. t.) To take from a cradle.
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..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) Infancy, or very early life..
Encradle :: Encradle (v. t.) To lay in a cradle.
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The act of using a cradle.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
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. i.) To lie or lodge, as in a cradle..
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle..
Cradle :: Cradle (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..
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..
Cradled :: Cradled (imp. & p. p.) of Cradl.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
Hopperings :: Hopperings (n.) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
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..
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