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Frame
Frame Frame, n.
In games:
(a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the
balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing
required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a
game of 50 points.
(b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings
forming a game.
FrameFrame Frame, v. 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, v. 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. --Shak.
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. --Shak.
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
Frame Frame, v. 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. --Shak.
