Cradle vs. Rocker
Cradlenoun
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
Rockernoun
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
Cradlenoun
(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
‘a cradle of crime’; ‘the cradle of liberty’;
Rockernoun
A rocking chair.
Cradlenoun
(figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
‘from the cradle to the grave’;
Rockernoun
(surfing) The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.)
‘All modern surfboards share a similar rocker design — Bruce Jones [https://web.archive.org/web/20051212041317/http://www.brucejones.com/longboar.htm]’;
Cradlenoun
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.
Rockernoun
The breve below as in ḫ.
Cradlenoun
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
Rockernoun
Someone passionate about rock music.
Cradlenoun
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.
Rockernoun
A musician who plays rock music.
Cradlenoun
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
Rockernoun
(informal) A rock music song.
Cradlenoun
A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
Rockernoun
One who rocks something.
Cradlenoun
(mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
Rockernoun
(UK) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.
Cradlenoun
(mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
Rockernoun
Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, such as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
Cradlenoun
(carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
Rockernoun
A tool with small teeth that roughens a metal plate to produce tonality in mezzotints.
Cradlenoun
(nautical) A 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.
‘The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.’;
Rockernoun
A rocking horse.
Cradlenoun
A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
‘He slammed the handset into the cradle.’;
Rockernoun
A rocker board.
Cradlenoun
(contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
Rockernoun
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
Cradlenoun
A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
Rockernoun
A kind of electrical switch with a spring-loaded actuator.
Cradleverb
(transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
Rockernoun
(engineering) A rock shaft.
Cradleverb
(transitive) To rock a baby to sleep.
Rockernoun
(military) A curved line accompanying the chevrons that denote rank, qualifying the rank with a grade.
Cradleverb
(transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
‘cradling the injured man’s head in her arms’;
Rockernoun
One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
‘It was I, sir, said the rocker, who had the honor, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your infancy.’;
Cradleverb
To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
Rockernoun
One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
Cradleverb
To nurse or train in infancy.
Rockernoun
Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
Cradleverb
(lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
Rockernoun
A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
Cradleverb
To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
Rockernoun
A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
Cradleverb
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
Rockernoun
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
Cradleverb
To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
Rockernoun
Same as Rock shaft.
Cradlenoun
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.
‘The cradle that received thee at thy birth.’; ‘No sooner was I crept out of my cradleBut I was made a king, at nine months old.’;
Rockernoun
an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
Cradlenoun
Infancy, or very early life.
‘From their cradles bred together.’; ‘A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles.’;
Rockernoun
a performer or composer or fan of rock music
Cradlenoun
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.
Rockernoun
a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
Cradlenoun
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
Rockernoun
a chair mounted on rockers
Cradlenoun
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.
Rockernoun
a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
Cradlenoun
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
Rockernoun
an ice skate with a curved blade
Cradlenoun
A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; - also called a rocker.
Rockernoun
a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
Cradlenoun
The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
Cradlenoun
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.
Cradleverb
To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
‘It cradles their fears to sleep.’;
Cradleverb
To nurse or train in infancy.
‘He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars.’;
Cradleverb
To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
Cradleverb
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
‘In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade.’;
Cradleverb
To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
‘Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled.’;
Cradlenoun
a baby bed with sides and rockers
Cradlenoun
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;
‘the birthplace of civilization’;
Cradlenoun
birth of a person;
‘he was taught from the cradle never to cry’;
Cradlenoun
a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
Cradleverb
hold gently and carefully;
‘He cradles the child in his arms’;
Cradleverb
bring up from infancy
Cradleverb
hold or place in or as if in a cradle;
‘He cradled the infant in his arms’;
Cradleverb
cut grain with a cradle scythe
Cradleverb
wash in a cradle;
‘cradle gold’;
Cradleverb
run with the stick
