Prop
King James Dictionary [1]
1. To support or prevent from falling by placing something under or against as, to prop a fence or an old building. 2. To support by standing under or against.
Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky.
3. To support to sustain in a general sense as, to prop a declining state.
I prop myself upon the few supports that are left me.
Prop, n. That which sustains an incumbent weight that on which any thing rests for support a support a stay as a prop for vines a prop for an old building. An affectionate child is the prop of declining age.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) A shell, used as a die. See Props.
(2): ( v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state.
(3): ( v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.
