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Webster 1913 Edition

Frame

Frame

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Framed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Framing
.]
[OE.
framen
,
fremen
, to execute, build, AS.
fremman
to further, perform, effect, fr.
fram
strong, valiant; akin to E.
foremost
, and prob. to AS.
fram
from, Icel.
fremja
,
frama
, to further,
framr
forward, G.
fromm
worthy, excellent, pious. See
Foremost
,
From
, and cf.
Furnish
.]
1.
(Arch. & Engin.)
To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See
Dovetail
,
Halve
,
Verb.
T.
,
Miter
,
Tenon
,
Tooth
,
Tusk
,
Scarf
, and
Splice
.
2.
To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
How many excellent reasonings are
framed
in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.
I. Watts.
3.
To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
And
frame
my face to all occasions.
Shakespeare
We may in some measure
frame
our minds for the reception of happiness.
Landor.
The human mind is
framed
to be influenced.
I. Taylor.
4.
To cause; to bring about; to produce.
[Obs.]
Fear
frames
disorder, and disorder wounds.
Shakespeare
5.
To support.
[Obs. & R.]
That on a staff his feeble steps did
frame
.
Spenser.
6.
To provide with a frame, as a picture.

Frame

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.
[Obs.]
Judg. xii. 6.
2.
To proceed; to go.
[Obs.]
The bauty of this sinful dame
Made many princes thither
frame
.
Shakespeare

Frame

,
Noun.
1.
Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good,
Almighty! thine this universal
frame
.
Milton.
2.
The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
Some bloody passion shakes your very
frame
.
Shakespeare
No
frames
could be strong enough to endure it.
Prescott.
4.
(Mach.)
A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework;
as, a stocking
frame
; lace
frame
; spinning
frame
, etc.
5.
Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system;
as, a
frame
of government
.
She that hath a heart of that fine
frame

To pay this debt of love but to a brother.
Shakespeare
Put your discourse into some
frame
.
Shakespeare
7.
Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
[Obs.]
John the bastard
Whose spirits toil in
frame
of villainies.
Shakespeare
Balloon frame
,
Cant frames
,
etc. See under
Balloon
,
Cant
, etc.
–
Frame building
or
Frame house
,
a building of which the form and support is made of framed timbers.
[U.S.]
–
Frame level
,
a mason’s level.
–
Frame saw
,
a thin saw stretched in a frame to give it rigidity.

Webster 1828 Edition

Frame

FRAME

,
Verb.
T.
[L. armus, Eng. arm.]
1.
To fit or prepare and unite several parts in a regular structure or entire thing; to fabricate by orderly construction and union of various parts; as, to frame a house or other building.
2.
To fit one thing to another; to adjust; to make suitable.
3.
To make; to compose; as, to frame a law.
For thou art framed of the firm truth of valor.
4.
To regulate; to adjust; to shape; to conform; as, to frame our lives according to the rules of the gospel.
5.
To form and digest by thought; as, to frame ideas in the mind.
How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years!
6.
To contrive; to plan; to devise; as, to frame a project or design.
7.
To invent; to fabricate, in a bad sense; as, to frame a story or lie.

FRAME

,
Verb.
I.
To contrive. Judges 12:6.

FRAME

, n.
1.
The timbers of an edifice fitted and joined in the form proposed, for the purpose of supporting the covering; as the frame of a house, barn, bridge or ship.
2.
Any fabric or structure composed of parts united; as the frame of an ox or horse. So we say, the frame of the heavenly arch; the frame of the world.
3.
Any kind of case or structure made for admitting, inclosing or supporting things; as the frame of a window, door, picture or looking glass.
4.
Among printers, a stand to support the cases in which the types are distributed.
5.
Among founders, a kind of ledge, inclosing a board, which being filled with wet sand, serves as a mold for castings.
6.
A sort of loom on which linen, silk, &c. is stretched for quilting or embroidering.
7.
Order; regularity; adjusted series or composition of parts. We say, a person is out of frame; the mind is not in a good frame.
Your steady soul preserves her frame.
8.
Form; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as a frame of government.
9.
Contrivance; projection.
John the bastard, whose spirits toil in frame of villainies.
10.
Shape; form; proportion.

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