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Needlework :: Needlework (n.) The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.

Tatta :: Tatta (n.) A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters..

Stock :: Stock (n.) A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment..

Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..

Grating :: Grating (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent..

Harrow :: Harrow (n.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried..

Chapelet :: Chapelet (n.) A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider..

Hurries :: Hurries (n.) A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.

Rickstand :: Rickstand (n.) A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.

Upright :: Upright (n.) Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame..

Cratch :: Cratch (n.) A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack.

Trestle :: Trestle (n.) The frame of a table.

Gridiron :: Gridiron (n.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs..

Scaffolding :: Scaffolding (n.) A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body..

Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel..

Bier :: Bier (n.) A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.

Curb :: Curb (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome..

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..

Frisket :: Frisket (a.) The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.

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