(n.) 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.
(n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the
execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
(n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material
forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a
blast furnace.
(v. t.) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
