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Confederation :: Confederation (n.) The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states..

Respond :: Respond (n.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.

Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

Communist :: Communist (n.) A supporter of the commune of Paris.

Undersetter :: Undersetter (n.) One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal..

Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like..

Prelatist :: Prelatist (n.) One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman..

Steady :: Steady (v. t.) To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute..

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

Niagara Period :: Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology..

Ribbing :: Ribbing (n.) An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.

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..

Patron :: Patron (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender..

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them..

Zaim :: Zaim (n.) A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.

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