framingn.
/ˈfreɪmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfreɪmɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun]
winninga1300
purchasec1325
lucrec1380
chevisancea1400
framing1440
lucring1574
lucrifaction1606
lucration1658
money-making1785
realization1799
money getting1836
capital formation1889
eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. viii. 406 In ða tid his biscophada swa micel fromung ongon beon in Ongelcynnes cirican swa næfre ær ðon beon meahte.
OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) lxxxi. 417 Tanto in sacro eloquio profectum inuenies, quanto apud illum ipse proficeris : swa micelum on haligre spæce framunge þu gemest swa micelum swa þu mid him sylf þu framast.
OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) (1993) xxix. 56 Post hęc egrediantur ęcclesiam atque in lectionem [read lectione] sacra animę profectu[m] meditentur : æfter þam hi utgan þa cyrcean & on rædincge haligre sawle framunge hi smeagean.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 176 Framynge or afframynge or wynnynge, lucrum, emolumentum.
2.
a. The action, method, or process of constructing, making, or fashioning something (material or immaterial). Also: †cutting of timber (obsolete).In 1463-5: the construction of houses.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > other processes
framing1440
riving?1440
traversing1524
wedging1678
furring1679
cocking1710
bearding1711
battening1788
rossing1839
thicknessing1870
splining1901
parting off1905
reconditioning1932
stress grading1936
spindle moulding1979
the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > fashioning, shaping, or forming
shapinga1350
forming1401
formationc1450
fashion1463
plasmation?a1475
framing1551
frame1558
fashioning1574
plasmating1585
fiction1607
effection1623
formature1659
efficiency1665
formativeness1849
styling1928
the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping
moulding1327
shapinga1350
forming1401
plasmation?a1475
framing1551
figuration1561
characterization1570
efformation1578
modelizing1600
fictilage1610
shapening1647
modelling1706
licking1737
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 176 Framynge of tymbyr, dolatura.
1463–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1463 §40. m. 21 Voide places for framyng longyng unto the said office within oure palice of Westm'.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere Pref. sig. Cciiiiv For..the framynge of a secrete vnknowen chyrche that he lerned of Luther and Tyndale.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Bj The first parte standeth in framing of thinges aptlye together, in knitting woordes, for the purpose accordingly.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 39v [Hemp] serueth both for makyng of Canuisse, and framing of Ropes.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. iii. 29 This curious Isle, whose framing yet Was never..known to any humane wit.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 189 Captain Bond had the framing..of it [sc. a Fire ship].
1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. i. 38 If we allow an hundred Years for..the framing of this Fiction, by that time all persons might have been dead.
1776 E. Pendleton Let. 10 Aug. in Lett. & Papers (1967) I. 198 I can by no means think [they] should have the framing of Laws.
1793 T. Pennant Lit. Life 74 Even at the first framing of the new militia, this important security of the interests of the poor subject was weakened.
1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xiv. 169 The framing of a roof is one of the most common and most important subjects for the employment of the theory of carpentry.
1883 Manch. Examiner 16 June 4/7 The clause in dispute was of Lord Salisbury's own framing.
1940 G. S. Carter Gen. Zool. Invertebr. v. 127 We are forced to..leave the framing of general ecological conclusions to a later stage.
1982 E. Kallen Ethnicity & Human Rights Canada i. 30 The new racism..disguises its insidious intent by framing its messages in a way that endorses ‘folk’ values.
1996 R. Thallon Graphic Guide to Interior Details 90 Since tongue-and-groove decking is part of the structure, it will generally be installed during the framing of a building.
b. Framed work; a framework (of a building, etc.); a frame or set or system of frames.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun]
frame1440
mould1570
casea1676
needlework1686
framing1703
shell1705
casework1767
breast beam1828
balloon frame1844
fabric1849
balloon framing1855
armature1878
steel frame1898
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 142 The Timber..to make 3 Square of Framing.
1784 J. Small Treat. Ploughs & Wheel Carriages 134 In this framing, the land side of the sheath must be even with the land side of the head.
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 455 The pannels of the captain's state-room door were forced out of the framing.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 July 4/2 Walls of bamboo framing filled in with mud.
1938 Amer. Home Oct. 35/3 The details too are fresh and interesting, from the scalloped framing around the porch to the flat, extruded window frames.
1954 R. Wailes Eng. Windmill ii. 32 Two pairs of underdrift stones were placed on a..framing in the breast.
1984 House & Garden Mar. 196/2 The marriage of steel framing and wood outer walls.
2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 July d4/3 A 19th-century building style in which the structural framing was exposed, much as it is in a barn.
3.
a. The process or result of setting something, esp. a picture, in a frame, or of enclosing something in or as if in a frame.
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1713 Flying Post 27–9 Jan. The whole is done in a fair large Character on a handsom Broad Sheet of Fine Paper, neatly Rul'd, and very fit for Framing.
1812 C. Simeon Let. 21 Aug. in W. Carus Mem. Life C. Simeon (1847) xiv. 356 I had hoped that I should be able to express to you my sentiments about the picture;..I have given all the necessary orders about the framing of it.
1884 All Year Round 9 Aug. 338/2 He..at once turned away to arrange with the shopman about the framing of the photograph.
1916 Successful Farming Jan. 34/2 The framing of the view of the house by proper plantings and thinnings makes all the difference in the world between a farm house and a farm home.
1968 Drama Rev. 12 iii. 192/2 (advt.) Collectors' frame shop. Tasteful framing and matting for your finest prints and paintings.
1993 Camcorder User Mar. 44/1 Tilt the camcorder down and adjust the framing by zooming-in so the head of the nail dominates the frame.
2002 S. Kornhauser & U. Birkmaier in E. M. Kornhauser Marsden Hartley 274 It is difficult to say with certainty if the framing was done abroad or in New York.
b. Chiefly Literary Criticism and Literary Theory. The enclosure or introduction of the main narrative or narratives within another narrative; the use of this as a literary device. Cf. frame n. 21.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] > narration or story-telling > specific method of
framing1909
interior monologue1922
skaz1926
thought-stream1926
stream of consciousness1939
polyphony1954
dialogism1957
1909 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 30 79 Verses of stories which taken by themselves make no connected sense and require prose framing in order to be understood.
1917 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 30 200 The framing of this ‘spiritual’ with narrative has a comparative interest for the student of the cante-fable in the Bahamas.
1972 Boundary 2 1 108 The poem would have been a lot more effective had it ended here, but Jarrell, who is obsessed with the necessity for framing..goes on for two more stanzas.
1993 F. Cornilliat & U. Langer in J. D. Lyons & M. B. McKinley Crit. Tales 125 This is already a problem in the framing of the embedded tale.
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1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall xv. 179 (margin) Framing.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis iv. ii. 235 The slimy fine Ore,..is often cleansed by the tye,..or, which is much like it, by buddling or framing, the same as Tin Ore.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 913/2 Framing,..2. (Mining) An operation upon pounded or stamped ores by which they are sorted into grades of comparative weight and consequent richness.
5. The action or process of fabricating a charge or accusation against a person; an instance of this. Also with up.
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1912 Evening Standard (Ogden City, Utah) 23 Oct. 8/3 Rose saw his opportunity and the framing up of Becker then started.
1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Oct. 629/4 The ‘framing’ of an apparently guilty man.
1984 B. Jackson Law & Disorder ii. 66 In a city like New York,..framing of the totally innocent seems very rare, but that is not universally the case.
1997 T. Scriven Wrongness, Wisdom, & Wilderness iii. 25 Suppose, for example, that by framing an innocent individual we really could save ten innocent lives. It must be understood that..its occurrence here will not lead to further framings.
2010 Africa News (Nexis) 1 Mar. The allegation of harassment, arrest, detention and framing up of charges against some members of the Fancy and Furniture Dealers Association.
Compounds
framing beam n. a beam used for constructing a framework (of a building, ship, etc.).
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1658 W. Paine & T. Clarke Let. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1865) 4th Ser. VII. 406 That liberty bee granted, to take all prinsepale peeces of timber, as fframen beames.
1847 Dwight's Amer. Mag. 15 May 303/2 The sills, trimmers, posts and framing-beams, 4 by 8.
1881 L. M. Haupt Man. Engin. Specif. & Contracts (ed. 2) iii. 84 It will be bolted to the rolled-iron framing-beam by four ¾-inch bolts.
1996 W. Bucher Dict. Building Preserv. 127/2 Cripple, a short framing beam that spans between two joists or rafters.
framing chisel n. a heavy chisel used for rough carpentry work.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > chisel > [noun] > for cutting wood
gouge1495
former1530
ripping-chisel1659
firming chisel1799
framing chisel1829
slick1875
turning-chisel1877
1829 Bangor (Maine) Reg. 20 Jan. 3/3 (advt.) Mortice, paring and framing chisels.
1903 E. W. Foster Elem. Woodworking iii. 24 The framing chisel[is] used for heavy work, such as the frames of buildings.
2007 S. Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 5 June e1 The men took the old wheel apart and—armed with saws and framing chisels—began putting together the new wheel.
framing device n. (a) a tool used in the construction of framework (now rare); (b) a means or method for enclosing something in a frame (cf. sense 3).
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1891 Architect. & Building Monthly July 17/3 (heading) A new framing device.
1905 Carpentry & Building Dec. 57/3 The ‘Key to the Steel Square’,..something new in the way of a framing device and which is meeting with popular favor among carpenters and builders where introduced.
1908 Moving Picture World 4 July 5/2 A reciprocating framing device which spaces off each picture in consecutive order and with unerring accuracy.
1960 Film Q. Winter 17/1 The framing device of doors and windows so familiar in all his work has special significance in a context of escape and illusion.
2006 Cineaste Summer 12/1 At first it seems like a typical case of a framing device (the reminiscences of Morton's wife and friend following his death) bookending an extended flashback.
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1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale i. iv. f. 12v That it maie bee an other framyng house of blessednes.
1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 57 The colledge..is the framing house, and as it were, The shoppe of men.
framing saw n. a type of saw (cf. frame saw n.); (now) spec. a heavy circular power saw used for cutting timber.
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1535 in J. Gairdner Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1886) (modernized text) IX. 100 A stock saw. A framing saw. A hand saw. A little saw to set on a lock.
1640 Inventory 28 Sept. in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut (1850) I. 448 Two hand sawes, one frameing saw, one hack saw, £1.
1770 J. Robinson Let. 15 Jan. in F. Mason John Norton & Sons (1968) 120 3 doz files sized from framing saw to small Sash saw.
1872 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 2 Oct. Sumner Basford of Bangor, a framing saw and a horse rake.
1902 Jrnl. Canad. Mining Inst. 5 337 The high line spur of the railway is on a level with this plant, so that the timbers roll directly from the cars to the framing saws.
2007 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia) (Nexis) 23 June r31 The Fuego 6½-inch corded circular saw at 8 pounds weighs just about 25 percent less than the standard framing saw.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 913/2 The framing-table is..suspended in an inclined position, on pivots, so that it may be tipped into a vertical position when full, discharging its contents into separate cisterns beneath.
framing timber n. timber used for constructing a framework (of a building, ship, etc.); also as a count noun.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > building wood > for specific use
framing timber1522
studding1588
timber-frame1703
frame1821
1522 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 184 Le framyng tymbre.
1730 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1913) 8 160 Getting the frame of a house 20 feet by 16 & raising the same & finding framing timber.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 243 Quarter-timbers, the framing timbers in a vessel's quarter.
1991 Amer. Heritage Nov. 139 /2 (caption) The house's framing timbers and fireplaces are original.
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framingadj.
/ˈfreɪmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfreɪmɪŋ/ That frames (in various senses).
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1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie sig. Oo ivv Sins thy fortune is such, Thy selfe framing fortune: to thy this ruine, Make pacience thy salue.
1684 S. Willard Mercy Magnified 9 Now they subject themselues to the framing hand of God.
1795 J. J. C. Timaeus tr. F. Schiller Cabal & Love v. vi. 111 What pity, that, when by the Creator's hand, that grand, noble, finishing touch was given, the framing heart and mind.
1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 148/2 The method by which the main or framing piles of the coffer-dam for the tide-lock..were fixed to the rock.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiv. 382 Her yellow face with its framing rouleau of grey hair.
1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 69 No attempt is made at a history of the framing tale, or at an inventory of such collections.
1978 L. Ibrahim in R. Scranton et al. Kenchreai I. App. 116 The crosses are surrounded by a two-ply guilloche..forming a framing border.
2005 Memory Makers Fast & Easy Scrapbooking 40/2 The same blue-green paper used to balance the weight of the photo is also found as a framing background.
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