Scaffold

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, v. t.
     To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 : provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building
           before painting it"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "scaffold":
     ax, block, cross, death chair, death chamber, drop, echafaudage,
     electric chair, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber, gibbet,
     guillotine, halter, hemp, hempen collar, hot seat, lethal chamber,
     maiden, noose, rope, scaffolding, stage, staging, stake, the chair,
     tree