Word Meanings - SCOLDING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a. & n. from Scold, v. Scolding bridle, an iron frame. See Brank, n., 2.

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• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• BRANK
  Buckwheat. Halliwell.
• BRANKURSINE
  Bear's-breech, or Acanthus. (more info) branca claw + L. ursinus belonging to a bear , i .e., bear's claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Cf.
• FRAMEWORK
  1. The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society. A staunch and solid piece of framework. Milton. 2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
• FRAMER
  One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the Constitution.
• SCOLDING
  a. & n. from Scold, v. Scolding bridle, an iron frame. See Brank, n., 2.
• FRAME-UP
  A conspiracy or plot, esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, as to incriminate a person on false evidence.
• BRIDLE IRON
  A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger.
• FRAME
  1. To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. Judg. xii. 2. To proceed; to go. The bauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame. Shak.
• SCOLD
  To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant. Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was forced to scold. Shak.
• BRANK; BRANKS
  1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. Jamieson. 2. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
• BRIDLER
  One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle. Milton.
• BRIDLE
  The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the timbler, sear, etc. A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle. A mooring hawser. Bowline bridle. See
• UNFRAME
  To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
• INFRAMEDIAN
  Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms. E. Forbes.
• REFRAME
  To frame again or anew.
• ENFRAME
  To inclose, as in a frame.
• MISFRAME
  To frame wrongly.
• UNBRIDLE
  To free from the bridle; to set loose.
• HOGFRAME
  A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
• OUTSCOLD
  To exceed in scolding. Shak.
• RESISTANCE FRAME
  A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.