CRADLE

cradle

(noun) a baby bed with sides and rockers

rocker, cradle

(noun) a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience

(noun) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; “the birthplace of civilization”

cradle

(noun) birth of a person; “he was taught from the cradle never to cry”

cradle

(verb) run with the stick

cradle

(verb) hold gently and carefully; “He cradles the child in his arms”

cradle

(verb) wash in a cradle; “cradle gold”

cradle

(verb) cut grain with a cradle scythe

cradle

(verb) hold or place in or as if in a cradle; “He cradled the infant in his arms”

cradle

(verb) bring up from infancy

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cradle (plural cradles)

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

(figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.

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.

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

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.

A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.

(mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.

(mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

(carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

(nautical) A 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.

A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.

(contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.

A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.

Synonyms

• (machine on rockers used in washing out auriferous earth): rocker

• (rest for receiver of a telephone): rest

Verb

cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)

(transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.

(transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).

(transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.

To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.

To nurse or train in infancy.

(lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.

To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.

• Edward Henry Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary

To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.

Anagrams

• Calder, carled, clear'd, credal, reclad

Source: Wiktionary

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Cra"dle (krd'l), n. Etym: [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 swinginng 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.)

Definition: 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 eventlyin a swath.

4. (Engraving)

Definition: 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 conntact 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.)

Definition: The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight.

9. (Naut.)

Definition: 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.

Cra"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cradled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cradling (-dlng).]

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.

Cra"dle, v. i.

Definition: To lie or lodge, as in a cradle. Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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