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/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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... guilt of the greatest possible violation of faith and justice."—"There is an appearance of tenderness in this deviation from plain construction, of which, however meant, I have a right to complain; because it imposes on me the necessity of framing the terms of the accusation against myself, which you have only not made, but have stated the leading arguments to it so strongly, that no one who reads these can avoid making it, or not know it to ...

— The Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... exclusion from political power. They ought to have the same legal rights as men to earn, hold, and control property. Since they have the same interest as man in the laws they live under, they are entitled, in some way, either by their own voice or through others, to the same consideration in the framing and ...

— The Friendships of Women • William Rounseville Alger

... seat in a line with an elderly man from whom he was distant enough to glance at him more than once as rather a noticeable figure—his ample white beard and felt hat framing a profile of that fine contour which may as easily be Italian as Hebrew. He returned Deronda's notice till at last their eyes met; an undesirable chance with unknown persons, and a reason to Deronda for not looking ...

— Daniel Deronda • George Eliot

... the ground and placed facing the katounes, among which the sign of the day Ik is repeated three times on the right side and once with two other signs on the left side. The central image is surrounded by a sort of framing in which have been traced the twenty cyclic characters of the calendar. Some of these characters would not be recognizable if one possessed only the data of Landa, but they are henceforth easy to read, for I have had occasion to determine, after a certain fashion, ...

— Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts • Cyrus Thomas

... him quickly, but she did not express her marvel that this man had so many sides. Before she could comment, and while she was still framing some way to express her appreciation of his gentler gifts, he returned ...

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