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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 | ||
Dictionary Results for scaffold: | ||
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
scaffold n 1: a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) 2: a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers v 1: provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it" | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, v. t. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, n. [OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. ['e]chafaud; probably originally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafalco. See Catafalque.] 1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. [1913 Webster] Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. [1913 Webster] That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 3. (Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuy[`e]res in a blast furnace. [1913 Webster] | ||
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