Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CRA'DLE
CRA'DLE, v.t.
- To lay in a cradle; to rock in a cradle; to compose, or quiet. It cradles their fears to sleep. – D. A. Clark.
- To nurse in infancy. – D. Webster.
- To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
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