Scaffold

n.	1.	A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. Pardon, gentles all, The flat, unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. - Shak.
	2.	Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. - Sir P. Sidney.
	3.	(Metal.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace.
v. t.	1.	To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

Noun	1.	scaffold - a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
	2.	scaffold - a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
Verb	1.	scaffold - provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"

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