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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..

Rocker :: Rocker (n.) One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks 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 (v. t.) To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking..

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.) Infancy, or very early life..

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

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

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

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

Cradle :: Cradle (v. i.) To lie or lodge, as in a cradle..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

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

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

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

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

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

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.

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

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