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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cradle for cutting grain. See
cradle , n., 4 .
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The old heavy, sweat-drawing grain-cradle is slinking into the backwoods, and in its place we have the horse-drawn or steam-drawn harvester that cuts and binds the grain, and even threshes and measures it at one operation.
Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Frank Lincoln Stevens 1902
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