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Frame :: Frame (n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc..

Reframe :: Reframe (v. t.) To frame again or anew.

Broken-backed :: Broken-backed (a.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.

Dagger :: Dagger (n.) A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.

Sill :: Sill (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like..

Harp :: Harp (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers..

Grate :: Grate (n.) A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning..

Corf :: Corf (n.) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines..

Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle..

Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame..

Water Frame :: Water frame () A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power..

Girder :: Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double..

Oueen-post :: Oueen-post (n.) One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post..

Headstock :: Headstock (n.) A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machin.

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence..

Frame :: Frame (n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger..

Gonfanon :: Gonfanon (n.) A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.

Morphotic :: Morphotic (a.) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework; as, morphotic, or tissue, proteids..

Chute :: Chute (n.) A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel..

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