to cradle

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

'To cradle grain,' is to cut it in the same manner that grass is cut or mowed, with the implement above described.

The operation of cradling is worth a journey to see. The sickle may be more classical; but it cannot compare in beauty with the swaying, regular motion of the cradle.--Mrs. Clavers's Western Clearings.

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