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Bolster
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; - generally laid under the pillows.
(2):
(n.) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
(3):
(n.) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.
(4):
(n.) Anything used to prevent chafing.
(5):
(n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.
(6):
(n.) A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
(7):
(n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
(8):
(n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
(9):
(n.) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.
(10):
(n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
(11):
(n.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
(12):
(n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
(13):
(n.) Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
(14):
(n.) A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
(15):
(v. t.) To support with a bolster or pillow.
(16):
(v. t.) To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; - often with up.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bolster'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bolster.html. 1828.
