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 (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
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 lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To transport a vessel by means of 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..
Cradled :: Cradled (imp. & p. p.) of Cradl.
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.
Encradle :: Encradle (v. t.) To lay in a cradle.
Bassinet :: Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle..
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) The act of using a cradle.
Solen :: Solen (n.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6..
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.
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 machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. i.) To lie or lodge, as in a cradle..
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.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
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