frame sb. (the sense of ‘picture frame’ is not preS., used fig. in Sonn. xxiv. 3)
1.
‘framing’, contrivance
Ado IV. i. 191
“toil in of
villanies.”
2.
structure, form Wint. II. iii. 102*
“The very mould and of hand, nail,
finger”; (hence) constitution, nature,
‘mould’ Meas. V. i.
61, All'sW. IV. ii. 4,
Tw.N. I. i. 33
“a heart of that fine
,”
Tim. I. i. 70.
3.
established order,
plan, system Ado IV. i.
130*
“Chid I for that at frugal
nature's ?,”
Mac. III. ii. 16*
“let the frame of things
disjoint.”
4.
definite form or
order LLL. III. i. 201 [193] “Still a-repairing, ever out of
,”
Ham. III. ii. 326
“put your discourse into
some frame.”
5.
structure of parts
fitted together Ham. V. i.
47.
7.
the human body Meas. II. iv. 134, 1H6 II. iii. 54,
Sonn. lix. 10
“this composed wonder of
your frame.”