framing

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framing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose;
        in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something
        false.
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              How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind
              of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.
                                                    --I. Watts.
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     3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to
        adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
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              And frame my face to all occasions.   --Shak.
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              We may in some measure frame our minds for the
              reception of happiness.               --Landor.
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              The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
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     4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]
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              Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak.
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     5. To support. [Obs. & R.]
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              That on a staff his feeble steps did frame.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.
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     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.
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  Framing \Fram"ing\, n.
     1. The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or
        of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.
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     2. (Arch. & Engin.) A framework, or a sy? of frames.
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     Framing chisel (Carp.), a heavy chisel with a socket shank
        for making mortises. Frampel

framing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  framing
      n 1: formulation of the plans and important details; "the
           framing of judicial decrees"
      2: a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror;
         "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of
         attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror
         it held" [syn: frame, framing]