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Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..

Sill :: Sill (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like..

Patten :: Patten (n.) A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud..

Guelf :: Guelf (n.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors..

Stead :: Stead (v. t.) To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.

Overhang :: Overhang (n.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing..

Enlist :: Enlist (v. t.) To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise..

Peduncle :: Peduncle (n.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits..

Planchette :: Planchette (n.) A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import..

Moral :: Moral (a.) Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support..

Shore :: Shore (v. t.) To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building..

On :: On (prep.) The general signification of on is situation, motion, or condition with respect to contact or support beneath.

Zoodendrium :: Zoodendrium (n.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria..

Bolster :: Bolster (v. t.) To support with a bolster or pillow.

Counttenance :: Counttenance (n.) Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement..

Scar :: Scar (n.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary..

Anthophorous :: Anthophorous (a.) Flower bearing; supporting the flower.

Dwang :: Dwang (n.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them..

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier..

Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..

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