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Sight :: Sight (v. t.) In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening..

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..

Rail :: Rail (n.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style.

Housing :: Housing (n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc..

Joist :: "Joist (n.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a..

Frame :: Frame (n.) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings..

Frame :: Frame (n.) Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government..

Clotheshorse :: Clotheshorse (n.) A frame to hang clothes on.

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.

Buckboard :: Buckboard (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon..

Plank-sheer :: Plank-sheer (n.) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.

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..

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..

Pad :: Pad (n.) A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.

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

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish..

Predella :: Predella (n.) The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece..

Husk :: Husk (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Stick :: Stick (v. t.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used..

Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..

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