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Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, v. t.
To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
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Scaffold \Scaf"fold\, n. [OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut,
escadafaut, F. ['e]chafaud; probably originally the same word
as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafalco. See {Catafalque}.]
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.
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Pardon, gentles all,
The flat, unraised spirits that have dared
On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
So great an object. --Shak.
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2. Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the
execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
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That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold
of coronation. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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3. (Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused
material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction,
above the tuy[`e]res in a blast furnace.
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