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language Haskell. With the Haskell Platform, Haskell follows the same principle as Python: "Batteries included". Since 2022, the Haskell Platform has been
Haskell_Platform
Functional programming language
Haskell (/ˈhæskəl/) is a general-purpose, statically typed, purely functional programming language with type inference and lazy evaluation. Haskell pioneered
Haskell
Compiler for Haskell programming language
Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) is a native or machine code compiler for the functional programming language Haskell. It provides a cross-platform software
Glasgow_Haskell_Compiler
List of software related to the Haskell programming language
Cabal — build system and packaging infrastructure Haskell Platform — bundled distribution of Haskell tools and libraries (deprecated) Stack — build tool
List of Haskell software and tools
List_of_Haskell_software_and_tools
release 0.3 / December 6, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-12-06) Written in Haskell Platform Linux, Unix-like Type Build automation License LGPL Website nixos.org/~eelco/maak/
Maak
Haskell implementation of Perl 6
specification, as detailed in the Synopses. It is written in Haskell, specifically targeting the Glasgow Haskell Compiler. Pugs includes two main executables: Pugs
Pugs_(compiler)
Command-line program documentation generator for Haskell
lightweight markup is based on IDoc's. Haddock is contained in the Haskell Platform. It is used by the GHC, Gtk2Hs and HTk projects, as well as xmonad
Haddock_(software)
Haskell library for writing parsers
Parsec is a library for writing parsers written in the programming language Haskell. It is based on higher-order parser combinators, so a complicated parser
Parsec_(parser)
Programming language library
Concurrent Haskell (also Control.Concurrent, or Concurrent and Parallel Haskell) is an extension to the functional programming language Haskell, which adds
Concurrent_Haskell
Go MIT Haskell Platform Haskell BSD HaXml Haskell BSD-3-Clause Parsec (parser) Haskell MIT QuickCheck Haskell BSD-3-Clause wxHaskell Haskell BSD-3-Clause
List of open-source code libraries
List_of_open-source_code_libraries
Functional programming language created in 2007
Idris is designed to be a general-purpose programming language similar to Haskell, but may also be used as a proof assistant. The Idris type system is similar
Idris_(programming_language)
Horse race
The Haskell Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the dirt held annually in July
Haskell_Stakes
Atom is a domain-specific language (DSL) in Haskell, for designing real-time embedded software. Originally intended as a high-level hardware description
Atom_(programming_language)
Programming language
integration. It is nearly a superset of Haskell but does not support all language extensions of Haskell. In contrast to Haskell, Curry has built-in support for
Curry_(programming_language)
Haskell graphical user interface library
wxHaskell is a portable and native graphical user interface (GUI) library for the programming language Haskell, built on wxWidgets. It is often used by
WxHaskell
Functional programming language
data types, pattern matching, records, let expressions and modules, and a Haskell-like syntax. The system has Emacs, Atom, and VS Code interfaces but can
Agda_(programming_language)
programming language Haskell. Cabal was introduced to simplify packaging of Haskell software and modules. It was added to the Glasgow Haskell Compiler in version
Cabal_(software)
Dynamic window manager for X Window System
functional programming language Haskell. Begun in March 2007, version 0.1 was announced in April 2007 as 500 lines of Haskell (which have since grown to 2000
Xmonad
American politician and 1st Governor of Oklahoma (1860–1933)
Charles Nathaniel Haskell (March 13, 1860 – July 5, 1933) was an American lawyer, oilman, and politician who was the first governor of Oklahoma. As a
Charles_N._Haskell
Haskell compiler
Hugs (Haskell User's Gofer System), also Hugs 98, is a bytecode interpreter for the functional programming language Haskell. Hugs is the successor to
Hugs_(interpreter)
Functional logic programming language
declarative logic programming language. It is related to both Prolog and Haskell. It features a strong, static, polymorphic type system, and a strong mode
Mercury (programming language)
Mercury_(programming_language)
Software development environment
including Ada, ABAP, C, C++, C#, Clojure, COBOL, D, Erlang, Fortran, Groovy, Haskell, HLASM, JavaScript, Julia, Lasso, Lua, NATURAL, Perl, PHP, PL/I, Prolog
Eclipse_(software)
Programming language which compiles to JavaScript
compiles to JavaScript. It adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python, and Haskell in an effort to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability. Some added
CoffeeScript
abstract toolkits across several platforms for C++, Python, Perl, Ruby and Haskell. Zinc Application Framework, cross-platform widget toolkit. Tkinter, open
List_of_widget_toolkits
Haskell web framework
Servant is a web framework based on the functional programming language Haskell, with an emphasis on data type safety. It is free and open-source software
Servant_(web_framework)
List of programming software
JVM, the .NET Framework, and Google App Engine. Quark Framework (CAL), a Haskell-inspired functional language E-on-Java, an object-oriented language for
List_of_JVM_languages
Functional programming language
per platform varies with each version: The syntax of Clean is very similar to that of Haskell, with some notable differences. In general, Haskell has
Clean_(programming_language)
Parallel computing platform and programming model
also available for Python, Perl, Fortran, Java, Ruby, Lua, Common Lisp, Haskell, R, MATLAB, IDL, Julia, and native support in Mathematica. In the computer
CUDA
2019-04-08. "Prolog embedding". Haskell.org. "Functional Reactive Programming". HaskellWiki. Cloud Haskell "Template Haskell". HaskellWiki. "Logict: A backtracking
Comparison of multi-paradigm programming languages
Comparison_of_multi-paradigm_programming_languages
Video game engine developed by Epic Games
Haskell and loves Haskell actually. So I think that's why he thought of people like me and Lennart and was keen to have us. But Verse isn't a Haskell
Unreal_Engine
Public blockchain platform
Cardano is a public decentralized blockchain platform which uses the cryptocurrency, ADA, to facilitate transactions. Cardano's development began in 2015
Cardano_(blockchain_platform)
Data type defined by combining other types
class modifier". Dart. "Algebraic Data Types in Haskell". Serokell. "Enum Instance". Haxe - The Cross-platform Toolkit. "JEP 395: Records". OpenJDK. "JEP 409:
Algebraic_data_type
American esports coach
Charles Christopher Haskell, commonly known as Doc Haskell, is an American college esports coach and researcher He serves as the head coach of the esports
Doc_Haskell
Application platform accessing Facebook's social network
answer this question for me.'" On June 10, 2014, Facebook announced Haxl, a Haskell library that simplified the access to remote data, such as databases or
Facebook_Platform
Proof assistant and programming language
x86-64, AArch64 OS Cross-platform: Linux, macOS, Windows License Apache 2.0 Website lean-lang.org Influenced by ML, Rocq (formerly named Coq), Haskell
Lean_(proof_assistant)
Encrypted messaging application
open-source software portal SimpleX Chat is a free and open-source cross-platform end-to-end encrypted instant messaging app and console application. The
SimpleX_Chat
Distributed version control system
correctness: the expressive type system of the functional programming language Haskell enforces some properties, and randomized testing via QuickCheck verifies
Darcs
Microsoft programming language
programming language OCaml. It has also been influenced by C#, Python, Haskell, Scala and Erlang. F# uses an open development and engineering process
F Sharp (programming language)
F_Sharp_(programming_language)
Programming language for JSON
was added in jq version 1.5. The original implementation of jq was in Haskell before being ported to the language C. The jq language was subsequently
Jq_(programming_language)
Software for converting between text document formats
January 2019. See as an example MacFarlane, John (17 May 2014). "Pandoc for Haskell Hackers". BayHac 2014, Mountain View, CA. Retrieved 27 June 2014.{{cite
Pandoc
Web development programming language
concepts from Haskell with added type manipulation. Ajax call/response is serialized through a monad called transaction (corresponds to Haskell's input/output
Ur_(programming_language)
Functional programming language
Elm does not support higher-kinded polymorphism, which related languages Haskell, Scala and PureScript offer, nor does Elm support the creation of type
Elm_(programming_language)
Relational database management system
Retrieved September 21, 2020. Wheat, Jake (September 25, 2013). "Using Haskell at SQream Technologies". SQream Technologies. Retrieved July 9, 2018. Rosbrow-Telem
SQream_DB
Compiler backend for multiple programming languages
CUDA, D, Delphi, Dylan, Forth, Fortran, FreeBASIC, Free Pascal, Halide, Haskell, Idris, Jai (only for optimized release builds), Java bytecode, Julia,
LLVM
Computer programming convention
(1976). Software Tools. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 9780201036695. "The Haskell 98 Report". haskell.org. Retrieved 3 March 2016. Lipovača, Miran. "Making Our Own
Indentation_style
C-like programming language
fork actively used as the intermediate representation (IR) in the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) C-- is a "portable assembly language", designed to ease
C--
Functional programming language
wires boxes in a dataflow programming style. The expression language is Haskell-like. The message passing concurrency system remembers JoCaml's join-patterns
Hume_(programming_language)
Software that emulates an entire computer
Process virtual machines are designed to execute computer programs in a platform-independent environment. Some virtual machine emulators, such as QEMU and
Virtual_machine
General-purpose programming language
(itertools and functools) that implement functional tools borrowed from Haskell and Standard ML. Python's core philosophy is summarized in the Zen of Python
Python_(programming_language)
Programming language for cryptography
August 20, 2024; 22 months ago (2024-08-20) Implementation language Haskell, Python Platform AArch64, x86-64 OS Linux, macOS, Windows License BSD 3-clause Website
Cryptol
Internet file transfer protocol
Rust, Go, and Haskell. Free and open-source software portal Rymdport, formerly named wormhole-GUI, is a free-software, cross-platform and open-source
Magic_Wormhole
Former railway station in Wanaque, New Jersey, US
Pompton–Riverdale. Haskell station consisted of a single low-level side platform and a three-sided shelter for protection. Rail service in Haskell began on January 1
Haskell_station
Web development framework in Haskell
from Haskell code, and more. The Snap monad for stateful access to HTTP requests and responses. Snap runs on both Windows NT and Unix-like platforms. Snap
Snap_(web_framework)
Annual British Television Awards
Non Drama Make Up Design - Drama Dancing on Ice – Rena Metcalfe, Paul Haskell (ITV) Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire – Daniel Parker (BBC Two)
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards
Royal_Television_Society_Craft_&_Design_Awards
Software testing software
a combinator library, originally written in the programming language Haskell, designed to assist in software testing by generating test cases for test
QuickCheck
2025 film by Joachim Rønning
nominees for 2026 season". The AU Review. Retrieved December 5, 2025. Haskell, Christopher (December 18, 2025). "2025 Austin Film Critics Association
Tron:_Ares
Programming paradigm based on applying and composing functions
(PDF) on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2009-08-26. "Haskell in industry". Haskell Wiki. Retrieved 2009-08-26. Haskell has a diverse range of use commercially, from
Functional_programming
British computer scientist
programmer, author, and co-developer of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) for the programming language Haskell. He and Simon Peyton Jones won the SIGPLAN Programming
Simon_Marlow
German-British actor (born 1966)
popularity, and it is where he would meet his real life partner, Susan Haskell. After completing a two-year stint on OLTL, Thorsten did some guest starring
Thorsten_Kaye
General-purpose programming language
many other languages in the field, drawing ideas from Objective-C, Rust, Haskell, Ruby, Python, C#, CLU, and far too many others to list. Skeet 2019. Wagner
C Sharp (programming language)
C_Sharp_(programming_language)
Programming paradigm
implementation in Haskell using Monadic Stream Functions that supports Classic and Arrowized FRP. ObservableComputations, a cross-platform .NET implementation
Functional reactive programming
Functional_reactive_programming
for National News Channel on Mars. Pat Haskell, portrayed by Lisa Carswell (season 5), Marcus' mother. John Haskell, portrayed by John Venable (season 5)
List of For All Mankind characters
List_of_For_All_Mankind_characters
Distributed file synchronization system
git-annex is a distributed file synchronization system written in Haskell. It aims to share and synchronize collections of large files independent from
Git-annex
Functional programming language
are written in Pure. The syntax of Pure resembles that of Miranda and Haskell, but it is a free-format language and thus uses explicit delimiters (rather
Pure_(programming_language)
GnuCOBOL GNU Data Language GNU Fortran GNU Smalltalk Go Golo Gosu Groovy Hack Haskell Haxe Icon IDL Idris Inform Io J Java LiveScript Logo Julia Kotlin Lua Maclisp
List of free and open-source software packages
List_of_free_and_open-source_software_packages
Software library
programming languages including Ada, C#, Common Lisp, D, Delphi, Go, Harbour, Haskell, Java, Julia, Python, Rebol, Red, Ruby and Rust, among others. GLFW version
GLFW
Australian bobsledder (born 2001)
social media influencer with more than 1 million followers across multiple platforms. Johnson was born in Miles, Queensland and was raised on the Gold Coast
Desi_Johnson
Free software for creating 3D objects
script syntax reflects a functional programming philosophy. Much as in Haskell, within a scope each "variable" is treated as a constant, immutable with
OpenSCAD
graphical user interface toolkit for the functional programming language Haskell and the X Window System. Fudgets makes it easy to create client–server
Fudgets
Topics referred to by the same term
natural gas platform Prelude SIEM (Intrusion Detection System), an open source a security information and event management system Haskell Prelude, a standard
Prelude
American singer-songwriter (born 2001)
Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019. Haskell, Rob (February 3, 2020). "How Billie Eilish Is Reinventing Pop Stardom"
Billie_Eilish
towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity transmission towers, and bridge support towers. This list
List_of_tallest_structures
Notable software packages that are nominal IDE
Microsoft) 1.63.1 / 23 November 2022 Cross-platform MIT License JavaScript Brackets Adobe September 2017 Cross-platform MIT License JavaScript, HTML, CSS Aptana
Comparison of integrated development environments
Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments
Programming language running on the Erlang virtual machine
Visual Basic classic .NET C C++ C# COBOL Erlang Elixir Forth Fortran Go Haskell Java JavaScript Julia Kotlin Lisp Lua MATLAB ML Caml OCaml Standard ML
Elixir_(programming_language)
List of programming languages types and the languages that meet its description
Factor Fortran GAUSS Go Gosu (into JVM bytecode) Groovy (into JVM bytecode) Haskell Harbour HolyC Inform (usually story files for Glulx or Z-code) Java (into
List of programming languages by type
List_of_programming_languages_by_type
General-purpose programming language
cross-platform programming. A standards-compliant C program written with portability in mind can be compiled for a wide variety of computer platforms and
C_(programming_language)
Free and open source file archiver
available only as a CLI application for 32 and 64 bit Windows and Linux platforms. New features include: Full-archive deduplication similar to ZPAQ Support
FreeArc
Performing the actions encoded in a computer program
manipulation of the computer and its peripherals, and thus provide a more platform-independent solution. A runtime error is detected after or during the execution
Execution_(computing)
General-purpose programming language
features of functional programming languages (like Scheme, Standard ML, and Haskell), including currying, immutability, lazy evaluation, and pattern matching
Scala_(programming_language)
Playing video games on Linux-based operating systems
Battle for Wesnoth, and Tux Racer. The beginning of Linux as a gaming platform for commercial video games is widely credited to have begun in 1994 when
Video_games_and_Linux
General-purpose programming language
Kotlin (/ˈkɒtlɪn/) is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose high-level programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate
Kotlin
Integrated development environment
the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2019-03-04. van der Kleij, Rik. "Haskell - Plugins - JetBrains". JetBrains Plugin Repository. "Julia - Plugins -
IntelliJ_IDEA
Hard-coded search path
Libraries: distribution and build-system issues". Official website of the Haskell Compiler. Retrieved 4 April 2019. "Bug #1253638 "dynamic linker does not
Rpath
Programming language
similar to Fortran. Syntactically, it most resembles Scala, Standard ML, and Haskell. Fortress was designed from the outset to have multiple syntactic stylesheets
Fortress (programming language)
Fortress_(programming_language)
Computer function
including Python, C, Go, C#, D, Lua, Perl, Ruby, Rust, PHP, Common Lisp, Haskell, Elm, Clojure, Scala, Java, Erlang, Swift, Object Pascal, Kotlin, JavaScript
MurmurHash
Style of computer programming
They are known as parametric polymorphism in ML, Scala, Julia, and Haskell. (Haskell terminology also uses the term generic for a related but somewhat
Generic_programming
American actress and singer (born 1992)
Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Haskell, Rob (March 16, 2017). "Selena Gomez on Instagram Fatigue, Good Mental
Selena_Gomez
Web application framework
יְסוֺד, "Foundation") is a web framework based on the programming language Haskell for productive development of type-safe, representational state transfer
Yesod_(web_framework)
Computer programming language
Delphi's Object Pascal, but also has influences from C#, Python, Kotlin, and Haskell. It is distributed both as a command-line tool for Windows (.NET framework)
PascalABC.NET
American actress (born 1989)
Common?". Sons of Norway. Archived from the original on December 23, 2025. Haskell, Rob (January 13, 2017). "Fifty Shades's Dakota Johnson on Sex, Fame, and
Dakota_Johnson
Java projects SCons – Software development tool; Python-based Stack – Haskell development tool Waf; Python-based Called meta-build tools, these generate
List of build automation software
List_of_build_automation_software
Object-oriented programming language
run anywhere (WORA), meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need to recompile. Java applications are
Java_(programming_language)
Attribute of data
defined in Haskell as the ADT data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a), and the binary tree, which allows fast searching, and can be defined in Haskell as the
Data_type
Programming language derived from Perl
bootstrapping compiler. Pugs was an initial implementation of Perl 6 written in Haskell, led by Audrey Tang. Pugs used to be the most advanced implementation of
Raku_(programming_language)
High-level programming language
combined usage. "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript, the Open, Cross-platform Object Scripting Language for Enterprise Networks and the Internet" (Press
JavaScript
Programming language
file. The option type constructor in OCaml, similar to the Maybe type in Haskell, augments a given data type to either return Some value of the given data
OCaml
President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
a month before the general presidential election, Governor Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma, former Democratic Treasurer, said that Senators beholden to
Theodore_Roosevelt
General-purpose programming language
of Mozilla was by individual projects at Samsung, Facebook (now Meta Platforms), Dropbox, and Tilde, Inc., the company behind ember.js. Amazon Web Services
Rust_(programming_language)
Computational operation
Predefined Types and Classes". www.haskell.org. Retrieved 2022-05-22. "Binary Operators". Haxe - The Cross-platform Toolkit. Retrieved 2026-01-20. "Operators"
Modulo
Application programming interface for capturing network traffic
jNetPcap, Jpcap, Pcap4j, Jxnet .NET: WinPcapNET, SharpPcap, Pcap.Net Haskell: pcap OCaml: mlpcap Chicken Scheme: pcap Common Lisp: PLOKAMI Racket: SPeaCAP
Pcap
HASKELL PLATFORM
HASKELL PLATFORM
Male
English
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Tasgall, TASKILL means "divine kettle."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the Norman personal name Aschetil (see Haskell).Stephen Hasket, a soap boiler and merchant of Salem, MA, was a native of Henstridge, Somerset, England. He came to Salem from Exeter, Devon, about 1666. His son Elias, born at Salem, went on to become governor of New Providence, Bahamas, before the people there revolted and sent him back to NY.
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Arnkell, ARKELL means "eagle kettle."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Haswell.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Hebrew
Intellect
Surname or Lastname
English
English : vernacular spelling of Pascal.
Male
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew Yechezqel, HASKEL means "God will strengthen."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Hassall in Cheshire, named from the genitive case of the Old English byname Hætt ‘hat’ (or possibly from Old English hægtesse ‘witch’) + Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Dorset, Northamptonshire, and Somerset named Caswell, from Old English cærse ‘(water)cress’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hassell.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant of Marshall, derived from an Anglo-Norman French form of Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Haskell.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Haskell.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Harwell in south Oxfordshire (formerly part of Berkshire) and Nottinghamshire. The former was named in Old English as ‘spring or stream by or from the gray one’, from HÄra ‘the gray’ (here referring to a certain hill) + wella; while the latter was named from Old English hÄ“ore, hÌ„re ‘pleasant’ + wella ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Northumberland)
English (chiefly Northumberland) : habitational name from a place named Haswell, notably the one in County Durham, which is named from Old English hæsel ‘hazelnut tree’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gaskill.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman personal name Aschetil, from Old Norse Ãsketill, Ãskell, a compound áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Khaskl, a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yechezkel (see Ezekiel).
Male
Yiddish
(×—Ö·×סְקֶעל) Yiddish form of Hebrew Yechezkel (English Ezekiel), CHASKEL means "God will strengthen."
Male
Norwegian
Norwegian form of Old Norse Ãsketill, ASKEL means "divine kettle."
Boy/Male
Norse
Son of Dufniall.
HASKELL PLATFORM
HASKELL PLATFORM
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
Girl/Female
Scandinavian
Abbreviation of Katherine. Pure.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vishwadakshinah | விஷà¯à®µà®¾à®¤à®•à¯à®·à¯€à®¨à®¾à®¹
Skilfull and efficient Lord
Girl/Female
American, British, English, German
Noble
Female
Egyptian
, an Egyptian queen.
Girl/Female
Irish
Dark-haired.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Devon, recorded in Domesday Book as Loba, apparently a topographical term meaning perhaps ‘lump’, ‘hill’, the village being situated at the bottom of a hill. There is also a place of the same name in Oxfordshire (recorded in 1208 as Lobbe), but the historical and contemporary distribution of the surname (which is still largely restricted to Devon), makes it unlikely that it ever derived from this place, or from Middle English, Old English lobbe ‘spider’.
Male
Iranian/Persian
(پيام) Persian name PAYAM means "message."
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Mercy
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Exhalted Noble
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n.
A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
v. i.
A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
n.
A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.
n.
A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
n.
A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.
n.
A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
n.
Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
n.
The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
n.
Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.
n.
A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
n.
One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
n.
Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.
n.
The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate.
n.
A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
n.
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
v.
A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
n.
The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
v. i.
In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
v. t.
To place on a platform.
n.
The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.