Frame \Frame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Framed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Framing}.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See {Foremost}, {From}, and cf. {Furnish}.] 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. --I. Watts.
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. --Shak.
We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness. --Landor.
The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I. Taylor.
4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]
Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak.
5. To support. [Obs. & R.]
That on a staff his feeble steps did frame. --Spenser.
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}. [PJC]
Frame \Frame\, v. i. 1. To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. [Obs.] --Judg. xii. 6.
2. To proceed; to go. [Obs.]
The bauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame. --Shak.
Frame \Frame\, n. 1. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame. --Milton.
2. The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. --Shak.
No frames could be strong enough to endure it. --Prescott.
3. A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched; as: (a) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels. (b) (Founding) A molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings. (c) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering. (d) A structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc. (e) (Hort.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost. (f) (Print.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor. (f) a pair of glasses without the lenses; that part of a pair of glasses that excludes the lenses. [1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Mach.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
She that hath a heart of that fine frame To pay this debt of love but to a brother. --Shak.
Put your discourse into some frame. --Shak.
6. Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame. Same as {{frame of mind}} [1913 Webster +PJC]
7. Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming. [Obs.]
John the bastard Whose spirits toil in frame of villainies. --Shak.
8. In games: (a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points. (b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Balloon frame}, {Cant frames}, etc. See under {Balloon}, {Cant}, etc.
{Frame building} or {Frame house}, a building of which the form and support is made of framed timbers. [U.S.] -- {Frame level}, a mason's level.
{Frame saw}, a thin saw stretched in a frame to give it rigidity.
The two-story frame farm house and the surrounding 25 acres in suburban Mount Pleasant had been slated for part of a residential development, but a citizens group known as Friends of Historic Snee Farm took title to the property over the weekend.
His tan slacks and blue worker's jacket, saved from before he went to prison, were loose on his slight frame.
Peru, apparently abandoning plans to extract significant concessions from the International Monetary Fund, is expected to sign today in Washington an IMF letter of intent to frame economic policy until 1995, Sally Bowen writes from Lima.
Advancing that task beyond any particular time frame is the objective of the International Congress on World Evangelization, which is meeting Tuesday through July 20 in Manila, the Philippines.
The AF-C1 features autoloading to the first frame, a self-timer and automatic rewind.
Last year he was cutting wood for a window frame when he stooped to pluck something from the ground, looked up and discovered the top part of his thumb missing.
Still boyish-looking, though the skinny frame has filled out and there is gray in the beard, Mr. Spielberg professes to hate the thought of being a movie mogul.
Prosecutors have projected the trial will last two months because the remaining defendants span a 15-year time frame discussed in the indictment.
"It doesn't really look cheap, if you put it in a nice frame." Perhaps Mr. Zorn, who died in 1920, would have liked the idea of such machine-generated replicas of his work. Certainly it appealed to Mario Fernandez.
"It's really an unprecedented effort on this scale, to be done in such a short time frame under such difficult conditions," he said.
A two-run homer by veteran Don Baylor helped lift the Twins to a fifth-inning tie, and a grand-slam home run by hometown boy Kent Hrbek put it away in the next frame.
"The time frame is moving along faster than people anticipated" for demobilizing the rebel forces," Aronson said. "The camps should be dismantled in Honduras before the inauguration.
The house boasts a splendid bathroom where the window frame, shutters, cabinet and water tank are gilded with 23 carat gold leaf.
At 71, his face is creased with two thick lines that frame his strong, confident smile.
Aloha made substantial repairs to the cracked and corroded bottom of its plane's frame in November 1983, maintenance data at the FAA records center in Oklahoma City show.
The new roller coaster is one of four at Dorney and the second with a wooden frame.
"When you see Brahma cattle grazing on the landscaped grounds of a condominium or see a bulldozer pushing down the frame of an incomplete building, you remember it," says Burnis "Buck" Harnage, the president of the Pasco County bank.
The Penguin zooms away in the Batmobile in a classic smash-'em-up sequence; later, he's shown escaping Batman's clutches by using a mechanized umbrella frame.
The frame, apparently made of aluminium, was a narrow cone fully 15 ft high and about 5 ft wide at the base.
It has been barred from entering port, however, because five steel plates that peeled from the ship's frame during the voyage must be cut off before it can fit through the bay channel.
Alcoa thinks it has found one in its "space frame."
Pick out a favorite song from an entire concert on a 12-inch disc and the player can search it out in a matter of seconds and play it. Consumers can also program a player to scan for a single frame of a movie and freeze it on the screen.
Its advantages over a conventional frame, says Graff, are considerable.
Thirteen states now ban yard waste from public landfills, putting more people in a composting frame of mind, either as do-it-yourselfers or through their towns.
The hangings fall from a Hawksmoor ceiling frame which moves down to create the claustrophobic interiors in which most of the action takes place.
Mr. Larsen responds that nothing in the agreement threatens these programs and quotes Emmett Hall, a retired judge who helped frame Canada's health insurance legislation.
I got off the bridge in a hurry and called the Fire Department." The bridge, built in 1852 by Lemuel Chenoweth, was known for its arched, all-poplar frame held together by iron bolts.
The council would frame the interim laws to administer the country until an elected constituent assembly writes a constitution.
The second- and third-century earrings, bracelets and necklaces were discovered missing Wednesday, the same day a Renoir was cut from its frame at the Louvre and two other works taken from two small museums.
Earlier this month, McDonnell Douglas Corp., which builds the plane's air frame, said it will begin modifications of the aft-section of those in service to correct a problem involving metal fatigue.