Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Frame \Frame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Framed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Framing}.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS.
   fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong,
   valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from,
   Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm
   worthy, excellent, pious. See {Foremost}, {From}, and cf.
   {Furnish}.]
   1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the
      several parts of the skeleton of any structure;
      specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting
      parts of one member to fit parts of another. See
      {Dovetail}, {Halve}, v. t., {Miter}, {Tenon}, {Tooth},
      {Tusk}, {Scarf}, and {Splice}.

   2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose;
      in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something
      false.

            How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind
            of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.
                                                  --I. Watts.

   3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to
      adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.

            And frame my face to all occasions.   --Shak.

            We may in some measure frame our minds for the
            reception of happiness.               --Landor.

            The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I.
                                                  Taylor.

   4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]

            Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak.

   5. To support. [Obs. & R.]

            That on a staff his feeble steps did frame.
                                                  --Spenser.

   6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.

Framing \Fram"ing\, n.
   1. The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or
      of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.

   2. (Arch. & Engin.) A framework, or a sy? of frames.

   {Framing chisel} (Carp.), a heavy chisel with a socket shank
      for making mortises.

Source : WordNet®

framing
     n 1: formulation of the plans and important details; "the framing
          of judicial decrees"
     2: a structure supporting or containing something [syn: {framework},
         {frame}]