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▪ I. ˈunderprop, n. [under-1 5 b.] A prop or support placed under a thing. Usu. fig.1579 Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 45/1 The Monkes, &..all those iolly vnderprops of that Romish Antichrist. 1602 Breton Mother's Blessing D 3, Faiths strong pillars need no vnderprops. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 26...
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underpropper
underˈpropper [f. underprop v.] One who or that which supports or sustains. † Also spec. (see supportasse).1532 More Confut. Tindale Wks. 473/1 This vnderpropper is not very proper for to beare vp his bilding. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus K ij, The strongest vnderproppers of her princely state. 1655...
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Paradise (to be) Regained
We will wash water, and warm fire, and cool ice, and underprop the earth.
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underpropping
underˈpropping, vbl. n. [f. as prec.] The action of supporting with props, etc.; also concr., that which serves to underprop.1586 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 391 Mauger all the power and under-propping, which he receiveth from the wicked. 1592 Nashe P. Penilesse 17, I will not, by the vnderproppi...
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modillion
modillion Arch. (məʊˈdɪljən) Forms: 6–8 modiglion, 6–8 modilion, 8–9 modillon, 7– modillion. [ad. It. modiglione; cf. F. modillon (in 16th c. also modiglion). The ultimate etymology is not clear; the resemblance of sense would suggest connexion with L. mutulus mutule.] A projecting bracket placed in...
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censure
▪ I. censure, n. (ˈsɛnsjʊə(r), ˈsɛnʃ(j)ʊə(r)) Also 4–7 sensure, 5 sensour, 6 censoure, censer. [a. F. censure, ad. L. censūra (so in It., Pr., Sp., Pg.) censorship, judgement, f. cens- ppl. stem of censē-re.] † 1. A judicial sentence; esp. a condemnatory judgement. Obs.c 1470 Harding Chron. clxiii. ...
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source
▪ I. source, n. (sɔəs) Forms: 4–5 sours, 5–6 surs, 5–7 sourse; 4– source (6 sowrce). [a. OF. sors, *surs, *sours masc., and surse, sourse, source (mod.F. source) fem., substantival uses of the pa. pple. of sourdre to rise or spring: see sourd v.] † 1. ‘A support or underprop’ (Gwilt). Obs.1346 in J....
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