▪ I. framed, ppl. a.
(freɪmd)
[f. frame v. + -ed1.]
In senses of the vb; spec. in U.S. of houses (cf. frame n. 10, 15).
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 176/1 Framyd, dolatus. 1496 in C. Welch Tower Bridge (1894) 83 [The carriage of loads of ‘framed timber’ figures in the accounts of 1496.] 1566 in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture 65 A Rood loft whearof is made a framde table. 1578 Timme Caluine on Gen. 91 The principal point of wisdom is, framed sobriety to the obedience of God. 1598 Barret Theor. Warres ii. i. 21 In Ordinances, or framed battels..the Ensignes do march in one large or long ranke iointly. 1605 Bacon Adv. Learn. i. 3, I cannot..propound unto you framed particulers. 1639 in Virginia Mag. of Hist. & Biog. (1895) III. 30 Others have undertaken to build framed howses to beautifye the place. 1719 De Foe Crusoe ii. i, To carry a framed sloop on board the ship. 1751 in New Jersey Archives (1897) 1st Ser. XIX. 68 To be sold, a plantation containing..a good fram'd Barn. 1784 Maryland Jrnl. 11 May, Advt. (Th.), A large framed House almost as good as new. 1816 Jameson Charac. Min. 207 Framed or squared fluor-spar (chaux fluatée encadrée). 1823 E. James Long's Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 82 This town..contained..several framed dwellings of two stories. 1837 J. M. Peck Gaz. Illinois ii. 133 The rough..cabin is giving place to comfortable framed or brick tenements. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Par. Churches 319 Framed pictures require to be placed where they may be seen. |
▪ II. framed
Sc. var. of fremd.