01 n. A shell, used as a die. See Props.
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A shell, used as a die. See Props. See: Props
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3 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Prop
/präp/
· IPA /pɹɑp/
02 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; …
imp. & p. p.
Propped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Propping
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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.[Fig.]“Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky.” — Pope.“For being not propp'd by ancestry.” — Shak.“I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me.” — Pope.
03 n. 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.
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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.