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A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing. [Scot.]

he principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top. After they are shot up thirty feet in length, they spread a very large top, having no bough nor twig in the trunk or the stem. Sir W. Raleigh. The lowering spring, with lavish rain, Beats…

receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.

straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.

cks with the most reasonable. Swift. To stick by. (a) To adhere closely to; to be firm in supporting. "We are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick by you." Davenant. (b) To be troublesome by adhering. "I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me." Pope. -- To stick out. (a) To pr…

To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay. Evelyn. It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs, and to stipendiate professors. I. Taylor.

Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

unting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body. Our host upon his stirpoes stood anon. Chaucer.

A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. Milton. Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick. Fuller.

Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot. [Political Cant, U.S.] Straight arch (Arch.),…

or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security. God is our refuge and strength. Ps. xlvi. 1. What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be one of our principal strengths. Sprat. Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptat…

A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.

One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs.

The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.

A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones. [Prov. Eng.]

One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

nd continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.

Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.

Support; aid; coöperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power. They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with much alacrity granted a great rate of subsidy. Bacon.

To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. Atterbury.