frame : Idioms & Phrases

• (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber.

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• etc. See under Balloon, Cant, etc.

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• a roving machine.

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• (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.

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• a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders.

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• noun a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on
  

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• noun protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold
  

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• (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use.

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• (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed.

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• noun a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
  tambour; embroidery hoop.
  

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• a building of which the form and support is made of framed timbers. U.S.

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• noun (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel
  

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• verb enclose in or as if in a frame
  frame; border.
  
  • frame a picture

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• a mason's level.

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• noun a temporary psychological state
  state of mind.
  

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• noun a system that uses coordinates to establish position
  reference system; frame of reference; coordinate system.
  
• noun a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
  frame.
  

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• a thin saw stretched in a frame to give it rigidity.

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• verb construct by fitting or uniting parts together
  frame.
  

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• noun an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
  setup.
  

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• . (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.

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• (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills. Knight.

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• an English name for a cotton spinning machine.

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• that which carries the heck in warping.

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• . See Hogframe.

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• noun a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid
  inertial frame.
  

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• noun a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid
  inertial frame.
  

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• . (Cotton Spinning) See 4 (g), above.

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• noun any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
  break.
  
  • the break in the eighth frame cost him the match

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• not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. Latimer.

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• noun a framework in which a picture is mounted
  

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• the framework over the shaft of a coal mine.

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• (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to light.

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• noun a system that uses coordinates to establish position
  reference system; frame of reference; coordinate system.
  

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• a machine for drawing and twisting roves and twisting roves and winding them on bobbin for the spinning machine.

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• the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held.

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• noun the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
  frame; underframe; skeleton.
  
  • the building has a steel skeleton

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• noun spinning machine that draws, twists, and winds yarn
  

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• (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship.

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• a machine for knitting stockings or other hosiery goods.

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• a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.

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• adjective satellite framed by exposed timbers
  
  • a magnificently timbered old barn

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• noun a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur
  
  • an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame

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• (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin ore.

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• (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the wall; called also wall box.

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• a machine for making warp lace having a number of needles and employing a thread for each needle.

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Wa"ter frame`

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1. A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.

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• noun the framework that supports a window
  

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• the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement.

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• noun a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
  walker; Zimmer.
  

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