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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..

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

Rock :: Rock (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet..

Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking..

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..

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 (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

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

Rocker :: Rocker (n.) One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle..

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

Solen :: Solen (n.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6..

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. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.

Bassinet :: Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle..

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.) 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 case for a broken or dislocated limb.

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