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Framing   /frˈeɪmɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Framing  n.  
1.
The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.
2.
(Arch. & Engin.) A framework.
Framing chisel (Carp.), a heavy chisel with a socket shank for making mortises.


verb
Frame  v. t.  (past & past part. framed; pres. part. framing)  
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."
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." "We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness." "The human mind is framed to be influenced."
4.
To cause; to bring about; to produce. (Obs.) "Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds."
5.
To support. (Obs. & R.) "That on a staff his feeble steps did frame."
6.
To provide with a frame, as a picture.
7.
To manufacture false evidence against (an innocent person), so as to make the person appear guilty of a crime. The act of framing a person is often referred to as a frame-up.


Frame  v. i.  
1.
To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. (Obs.)
2.
To proceed; to go. (Obs.) "The bauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame."





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... or the Science and Art of Framing on a New and Improved System. With Specific Instruction for Building Balloon Frames, Church Spires, etc.; comprising also a System of Bridge-Building. With Bills, Estimates of Cost, and Valuable Tables. Illustrated by Thirty-eight Plates and near Two Hundred Figures. ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 18, April, 1859 - [Date last updated: August 7, 2005] • Various
... sun By valour, conduct, fortune won; Not highest wisdom in debates For framing laws to govern states; Not skill in sciences profound So large to grasp the circle round, Such heavenly influence require, As how to strike the ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan
... in town or country, in cart or under panniers, whether in liberty or bondage, I have ever something civil to say to him on my part; and, as one word begets another (if he has as little to do as I), I generally fall into conversation with him; and surely never is my imagination so busy as in framing responses from the etchings of his countenance; and where those carry me not deep enough, in flying from my own heart into his, and seeing what is natural for an ass to think—as well as a man, upon the occasion. In truth, it is the only creature of all the classes of beings below ...
— Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges • William Makepeace Thackeray
... MYLONAS framed the issues in a series of questions: How do we acquire machine-readable text? Do we take pictures of it and perform OCR on it later? Is it important to obtain very high-quality images and text, etc.? FLEISCHHAUER agreed with MYLONAS's framing of strategic questions, adding that a large institution such as LC probably has to do all of those things at different times. Thus, the trick is to exercise judgment. The Workshop had added to his and AM's ...
— LOC WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC TEXTS • James Daly
... allows all comers to use the shade of any established grove, but the fruit is always jealousy guarded and gathered by the owners. Even one tree is often the property of many sharing, and disputes about the division of mangoes and other fruits are extremely frequent. The framing of a correct record of rights in trees is one of the most embarrassing tasks of ...
— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman


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