Definition of frame

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Frame (n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor.

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Panel :: Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss..
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..
Frame :: Frame (n.) The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle..
Compaginate :: Compaginate (v. t.) To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame..
Invent :: Invent (v. t.) To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood..
Frame :: Frame (n.) Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table..
Gauntry :: Gauntry (n.) A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping..
Frame :: Frame (v. i.) To proceed; to go.
Frame :: Frame (v. i.) To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech..
Airer :: Airer (n.) A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.
Constructer :: Constructer (n.) One who, or that which, constructs or frames..
Partner :: Partner (n.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision..
Trail :: Trail (n.) A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke..
Crosspiece :: Crosspiece (n.) A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.
Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To provide with a frame, as a picture..
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