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cradled, a.|kreɪd(ə)ld|
[f. cradle v. or n. + -ed.]
1. Laid or reposing in a cradle.
a1631Donne Progr. Soul (R.), Her cradled child. 1775Sheridan Duenna i. i, Love, like a cradled infant, is lulled by a sad melody. 1816Byron Siege Cor. xxxiii, Where in cradled rest they lay. 1871C. B. Pearson Sarum Sequences vii. 21 The King of Heaven is cradled found Amid the beasts He made.
2. Cut down with the cradle-scythe.
1847Halleck Recorder Wks. 216 Ripened like summer's cradled sheaf.
3. Provided with a cradle: cf. cradle-scythe.
1885Fortn. in Waggonette 101 My friend was to exhibit his skill with the cradled scythe. |