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