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cradle

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
(figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
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.
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
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.
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
(mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
(mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
(carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
(nautical) A 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.
A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
(contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
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“He could see their child, sleeping soundly in her cradle at the foot of the bed.”

“Glasgow might be the perceived cradle of cutting-edge art, but Edinburgh is no longer the staid sister it once was.”

“Have you ever wondered which country represents the cradle of your heritage?”

cradling

The act by which one cradles a child etc.
The act of using a cradle (the tool).
(coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
(carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

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“The shortage of necessary equipment such as cradles, beds and toys is acute.”

“As soon as everyone stopped laughing, they noticed a few baby cradles at the other side of the room.”

“Stiger cradles in his hand a piece of chipped stone that is an unfinished Folsom point, just found by a student.”

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