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A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a
person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows. |
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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. |
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Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms
of mechanism, etc. |
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A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle. |
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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. |
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Anything used to prevent chafing. |
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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. |
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A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the
bed or body rests. |
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The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a
railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck. |
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the perforated plate in a punching machine on which
anything rests when being punched. |
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That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the
handle. |
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The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. |
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The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. |
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A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which
the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. |
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To support with a bolster or pillow. |
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To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or
unusual effort; -- often with up. |
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