BOLSTER
\bˈə͡ʊlstə], \bˈəʊlstə], \b_ˈəʊ_l_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of BOLSTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
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support; of morale, theories, etc.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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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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To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; - often with up.
By Oddity Software
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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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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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To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; - often with up.
By Noah Webster.
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A long pillow or cushion used to support the head; a pad to ease pressure; a cushioned or padded part of a saddle.
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To support with a pillow or cushion; prop; support; usually with up.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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