scafold.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a hist. a raised wooden platform used for the execution of criminals. b a similar platform used for drying tobacco etc.
2 = SCAFFOLDING.
3 (prec. by the) death by execution.

--v.

tr. attach scaffolding to (a building).

scaffolder n. [ME f. AF f. OF (e)schaffaut, earlier escadafaut: cf. CATAFALQUE]

scafold.html - n.
1 a a temporary structure formed of poles, planks, etc., erected by workmen and used by them while building or repairing a house etc. b materials used for this.
2 a temporary conceptual framework used for constructing theories etc.

scafold.html - See: TO SCALE.

scafold.html - {v.} To make smaller or less; decrease. * /John scaled down each boy's share of food after a bear robbed the camp./ * /Tom built a scaled down model of the plane./ Compare: CUT DOWN.

scafold.html - {n.} A newspaper that prints much shocking news and scandal. * /Bob wanted to find out who won the election, but he could find only a scandal sheet./ * /The scandal sheet carried big headlines about the murder./

scafold.html - Almost no or almost none; very few. * /Hardly any of the students did well on the test, so the teacher explained the lesson again./ * /Charles and his friends each had three cookies, and when they went out, hardly any cookies were left./