While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Metaphorical source crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on January 31 2025 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Metaphorical source has a total of 6 letters.
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Definition
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A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging
on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured
or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime;
the cradle of liberty.
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Infancy, or very early life.
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An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting
grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to
receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
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A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking
motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the
ground.
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A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or
rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy
guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in
launching a ship.
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A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
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A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the
person.
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A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth;
-- also called a rocker.
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A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
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The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be
covered with plaster.
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The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made
fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from
the wreck.
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To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or
quiet, as by rocking.
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To nurse or train in infancy.
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To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
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To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
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To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
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CRADLE
Metaphorical source
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Newsday Crossword, January 31 2025
The answer we have in our database for "Metaphorical source" is: CRADLE
There are a total of 6 letters in CRADLE
The crossword clue "Metaphorical source" was last spotted on January 31 2025
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