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cradle

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1573, OED Evaluation: Agricultural

A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’

ExampleMeaning
Well, Dad used to cut the hay down at first and then he'd go around- all around the fence with an old- what they call a cradle. Was a big thing and a- with a lot of- things on- it held the hay when you cut it, like swathe. And then he'd ah- that would be left there and then he'd take another swung and that there.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’

many a time

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1680, OED Evaluation: N/A

on many occasions, in many instances; often, frequently.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Um- I want to ah- talk to you now about um- the way your mother washed the clothes. Do you recall what- Speaker: Oh yes. Interviewer: Tell me about that. Speaker: Oh yeah. Many a time I helped her. Interviewer: Yes? Speaker: Well, she had a washer, you-know. Like this. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: You-know. And- a- as she washed this thing, inside would go like this.
on many occasions, in many instances; often, frequently.

round dance

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1530, OED Evaluation: N/A

A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.

ExampleMeaning
And ah- they'd- they'd have the round-dancing and square-dancing what they call- you-know, with the four squares. And then ah- we'd round-dance like the two-step and fox-trot, and all that. Well, all now different things, you-know. Twists and all that.
A dance in which the dancers move in a circular fashion; spec. (a) a folk dance in which the dancers form a circle (cf. ring dance n.); (b) a ballroom dance in which couples move in circles round the ballroom, such as a waltz or polka.

warming-closet

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

part of a stove used for heating water

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: They've moved out of Carleton-Place but I understand they're still w-- making stoves. Yeah. Interviewer: Ah- tell me something about the stove. What did it look like? What parts did it have? Speaker: It had a warming-closet. It had- Interviewer: Where was that? Speaker: Up on top of it. It had a- um- reservoir on the right-hand side of it for heating water. And it was a very good stove prized very highly by my mother.
part of a stove used for keeping food warm