bolster

1. n. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc. Source: opted

4. n. A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. Anything used to prevent chafing. Source: opted

7. n. 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. Source: opted

8. n. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests. Source: opted

9. n. The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck. Source: opted

10. n. the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. Source: opted

11. n. That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle. Source: opted

12. n. The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. Source: opted

13. n. The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. Source: opted

14. n. A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. Source: opted

15. v. t. To support with a bolster or pillow. Source: opted

16. v. t. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up. Source: opted

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