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Cradle   /krˈeɪdəl/   Listen
noun
Cradle  n.  
1.
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. "The cradle that received thee at thy birth." "No sooner was I crept out of my cradle But I was made a king, at nine months old."
2.
Infancy, or very early life. "From their cradles bred together." "A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles."
3.
(Agric.) 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.
4.
(Engraving) A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
5.
A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
6.
(Med.)
(a)
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
(b)
A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
7.
(Mining)
(a)
A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; also called a rocker. (U.S.)
(b)
A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
8.
(Carp.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
9.
(Naut.) 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.
Cat's cradle. See under Cat.
Cradle hole, a sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot.
Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain.


verb
Cradle  v. t.  (past & past part. cradled; pres. part. cradling)  
1.
To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. "It cradles their fears to sleep."
2.
To nurse or train in infancy. "He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars."
3.
To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
4.
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. "In Lombardy... boats are cradled and transported over the grade."
To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping.


Cradle  v. i.  To lie or lodge, as in a cradle. "Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled."





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"Cradle" Quotes from Famous Books



... our young men and women, you will find that with the opportunity for employment they want assurance against the evils of all major economic hazards—assurance that will extend from the cradle to the grave. And this great Government can and must ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt • Franklin D. Roosevelt
... poss'ble," pursued Mrs. Chump. "Why do I 'gree to marry Pole? Just this, now. We sit chirpin' and chatterin' of times that's gone, and live twice over, Pole and myself; and I'm used to 'm; and I was soft to 'm when he was a merry buck, and you cradle lumber in ideas, mind! for my vartue was always un'mpeach'ble. That's just the reason. So, come, and let's all be friends, with money in our pockuts; yell find me as much of a garl as army of ye. And, there! my ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... on me, my fellow countrymen, From the same Fatherland! On me, so young, Passing o'er the last road, gazing for the last time On Helios—to see him rise no more for ever! In his cold cradle Death rolls all asleep; Me living he conducts to his black shores; Me wretched! unbetrothed! upon whose ears No bridal chant has ever hymned its joys, Stern Acheron alone calls to his side, And Death must be my icy ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various
... codger. He used to say he could cradle four acres of grain in a day when he was a boy on a farm, or split and lay up three hundred ...
— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson
... the sky and the rain was coming in. On the side toward the German line there was no wall. There were no partitions, no windows, only a few broken sticks of what had been furniture. And in one corner, partly filled with rain water, a child's cradle that had ...
— Kings, Queens And Pawns - An American Woman at the Front • Mary Roberts Rinehart


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