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Definition of Cradles
1. cradle [v] - See also: cradle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cradles
Literary usage of Cradles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanics' Magazine (1858)
"R. TURN-BULL, a foreman of shipwrights, of Harwich, has patented a set of
improvements in ships' cradles and slide- ways, relating principally to a former ..."
2. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"The last of the three oval cradles is 21J inches long, and 11J inches across.
... Flexible cradles. These are of two types. The first has a rim made of a ..."
3. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"The shapeless appearance of these cradles when found, crushed down by the sand
in the cists and in the debris, at first deceived us as to their nature, ..."
4. A Description of Ventilators: Whereby Great Quantities of Fresh Air May with by Stephen Hales (1743)
"THUS, I have given an account of the Event of this Trial with cradles, that the
skilful Farmers may judge, how far they may, or may not be of ..."
5. Four Months Among the Gold-finders in Alta California: Being the Diary of an by Henry Vizetelly (1849)
"For these two cradles, therefore, we got three hundred and seventy-five dollars'
worth of dust. The same night we occupied ourselves in constructing strong ..."
6. The Mechanism of Weaving by Thomas William Fox (1894)
"available at the loom. Some wires are only 12 cards apart, but 16 to 24 are more
general. CARD cradles Card cradles consist of two pieces of curved metal ..."
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