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Pronunciation : Scaf"fold
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. ?chafaud; probably oiginally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafafalco. See Catafalque.]
Definition : 1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Shak.

2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. Sir P. Sidney.

3. (Metal.)

Defn: An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuy?res in a blast furnace.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scaf"fold
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913