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scaffold
(encz) | scaffold,konstrukce n: PetrV |
scaffold
(encz) | scaffold,lešení n: Zdeněk Brož |
scaffold
(encz) | scaffold,popraviště n: Zdeněk Brož |
scaffold
(encz) | scaffold,skelet n: PetrV |
Scaffold
(gcide) | Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, v. t.
To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
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Scaffold
(gcide) | 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.
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Pardon, gentles all,
The flat, unraised spirits that have dared
On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
So great an object. --Shak.
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2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the
execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
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That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold
of coronation. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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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.
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scaffold
(wn) | 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" |
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scaffolding
(encz) | scaffolding,lešení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scaffold
(gcide) | Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, v. t.
To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Pardon, gentles all,
The flat, unraised spirits that have dared
On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
So great an object. --Shak.
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2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the
execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
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That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold
of coronation. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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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.
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Scaffoldage
(gcide) | Scaffoldage \Scaf"fold*age\, n.
A scaffold. [R.] --Shak.
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Scaffolding
(gcide) | Scaffolding \Scaf"fold*ing\, n.
1. A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of
the body. --Pope.
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2. Materials for building scaffolds.
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scaffolding
(wn) | scaffolding
n 1: a system of scaffolds [syn: scaffolding, staging] |
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