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v. t.
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
v. t.
To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Cradle
n.
One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
n.
One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
v. t.
To nurse or train in infancy.
v. i.
To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
n.
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
v. t.
To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
n.
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.
v. t.
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
imp. & p. p.
of Cradle
v. t.
To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
n.
The act of using a cradle.
n.
A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.
v. t.
To lay in a cradle.
n.
A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.
n.
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.
v. t.
To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
n.
Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
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