bolstern.1
/ˈbəʊlstə/, U.S. /ˈboʊlstər/ 1.
a. A long stuffed pillow or cushion used to support the sleeper's head in a bed; the name is now restricted to the under-pillow, stuffed with something firm, which extends from side to side, and on which the softer and flatter pillows are laid.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > pillow or bolster
pilloweOE
wangerc900
bolsterOE
pilliverOE
cod1392
transom1459
bed-head1483
hacoyte?1541
cod-pillow1569
tye1615
heading1847
weeping willow1880
OE Beowulf 1240 Beddum ond bolstrum.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 139 He..ches..bare eorðe to bedde . and hard ston to bolstre.
c1425 Leg. Rood (1871) 210 With hym on bedde, man, þou sat On þe bolstre of heuene blisse.
1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 100 Lectum plumarem cum le bolster.
?1479 Will of Walter Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 647 Vnum puluinar vocatum le bolstar.
1494 Act 11 Hen. VII xix Feather-beds, Bolsters, and Pillows.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 445 But bed or bowster to lig on the stro.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xix. 13 And Michal..put a pillow of goats haire for his bolster.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 187 Heere Ile fling the pillow, there the boulster . View more context for this quotation
1640 R. Brathwait (title) Art asleepe Husband? a Boulster Lecture; stored with witty Jests.
1688 London Gaz. 22 Oct. /2 The said Deponent stood at the Queens Bolster.
1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. iii. 319 Propped up in bed with bolsters and pillows.
b. A cushion or pad for leaning or sitting upon, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > cushion
pillowOE
bolsterc1275
cushionc1374
squab1688
c1275 Death 90 in Old Eng. Misc. 174 Neaver sitten on bolstre ne on benche.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 29 Furnished all round with Bolsters for leaning upon.
2. Applied to various things of the nature of a pad, used to obviate friction or chafing, or pad out hollows or deficiencies, etc.† a. A surgical pad or compress to support or protect any injured part of the body. Obsolete.† b. A pad worn by porters. Obsolete.† c. A ridge of padding on a saddle. Obsolete.† d. A padding in a garment used to fill up or round out some part. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > pad or sand-bag
bolster?1541
sandbag1658
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iii. sig. Liv Wherfore serueth the bolsters?..To stay and conpryme the places dissolued.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 420 Bolster the taint with a bolster of flax.
1759 D. P. Layard in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 749 He applied bolsters dipped in warm red wine and water.
1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 299 Application of bolsters or pads of lint..to prevent the matter exuding.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > other
knight-weed1340
servile habita1425
bolster1552
yeomanry1597
court-dress1797
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bolsters whyche bearers of burdens, as porters do weare for freatynge.
1580 Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) B 905 Bolsters that bearers of burdens vse, as porters for fretting.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle
saddle-boweOE
arsonc1300
saddle skirt1361
saddle-tree1364
skirtc1400
saddle panel1465
stock-tree1470
stock1497
pommela1500
tree1535
pillion cloth1540
port1548
saddle stock1548
pilch1552
bolster1591
cantle1591
shank-pilliona1599
pillowc1600
pad1604
crutch1607
sivet1607
saddle crutcha1614
saddle eaves1663
saddle tore1681
burr1688
head1688
narve1688
saddle seat1688
sidebar1688
torea1694
quarter1735
bands of a saddle1753
witherband1764
withers1764
peak1775
pillion-stick1784
boot-housing1792
saddle flap1798
saddle lap1803
fork1833
flap1849
horn1849
skirting1852
hunting-horn1854
head-plate1855
saddle horn1856
cantle bar1859
leaping-horn1859
straining1871
stirrup-bar1875
straining-leather1875
spring tree1877
leaping-head1881
officer-tree1894
monkey1911
monkey-strap1915
thigh roll1963
straining-web-
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A2 His saddle..hath both cantle & boulsters.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Batte, the boulster of a Saddle.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Bolsters of a saddle..those parts which are raised on the bows, both before and behind, to rest the rider's thighs..Common saddles have no bolsters behind or even before.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > padding
bolster1600
bombasting1603
tabby1752
breast pad1810
1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood vii. 83 A boulster for their Buttockes, and such stuffe.
1734 J. Swift Beautiful Nymph 4 Off she slips The Bolsters that supply her Hips.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) By a constitution, the clergy are forbidden to wear bolsters about their shoulders, in their gowns, coats, or doublets.
e. Nautical in plural. ‘Small cushions or bags of tarred canvas, used to preserve the stays from being chafed by the motion of the masts.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. Also pieces of timber fixed in various positions to prevent chafing between ropes and other parts of the ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > protection against chafing of or by rope
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service1662
rounding1672
parcelling1750
bolster1769
plait1799
Scotchman1832
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) Bolsters..are used to preserve the stays from being chafed or galled by the motion of the masts.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 99 Bolsters for the Anchor Lining are solid pieces of oak, bolted to the ship's side..Bolsters for Sheets, Tacks, &c. are small pieces of fir or oak fayed under the gunwale, &c., with the outer surface rounded to prevent the sheets and other rigging from chafing.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 76 The bolsters are bolted above the trussletrees.
f. A pad or cushion employed to deaden noise in pianofortes.
3. Applied to various parts of mechanism which form a solid support or base, on which other parts rest or exert pressure.† a. Some part of a plough. Obsolete.† b. A support for a beehive. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > plough-pillow
bolster?1523
plough-pillow1707
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. iiiv But their moost speciall temper is at the bolster where as the plough beam lyeth.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxi. 145 Sometimes we use a Piece of Shoe-Leather instead of an iron Bolster.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive > parts of
moutha1398
stool?1523
skirt1555
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frame1673
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alighting board1780
body box1823
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brood box1888
1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) iii. sig. G2 Also reare the swarmes that being under-hiued doe lie forth, with bolsters of that thicknesse that may but let in the Bees.
1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) v. sig. K2v Reare the full Hiue with three bolsters, two on the West side, and one on the East, some foure or fiue inches high.
c. The bearing for a waterwheel shaft. dialect.
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1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2108 A great beam, turned by an over-shoot-water-wheel on 2 boulsters.
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d. A block of wood fixed on a siege-gun carriage, on which the breech rests during transport.
e. The transverse bar over the axle of a wagon, which supports the bed, and raises it from the axle. Also, the principal cross-beam of a railway truck or carriage body.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body > support for bed
bolster1688
pillow1811
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. viii. §49 The Bolster is that on which the fore-wheels with the axle-tree turn in wheeling the waggon on a cross Road.
1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 158 The shafts of the cart rest on the bolster of the waggon-wheels, to which they are secured; and a long copse, or fore-ladder resting also upon the bolster, projects over the shaft-horse.
f. The part of the pier or abutment on which a truss-bridge rests.
g. The spindle-bearing in the rail of a spinning-frame.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of > spindle > other parts of
nock1440
bolster1825
1825 Andrew Specif. Patent 5079 From the top of the spindle to the first bearing, which is denominated a bolster, is about 7 inches.
1873 E. Leigh Sci. Mod. Cotton Spinning 219 The theory of the bolster rail lift is very plausible.
h. A horizontal cap-piece laid upon the top of a post or pillar, to shorten the bearing of the beam of a string-piece supported by it.
i. In the centering of an arch, each of the transverse pieces which lie across the ribs and support the voussoirs of the arch.
j. The plate or block in a punching-machine on which the metal to be punched is laid, and which is perforated or excavated to fit the punch.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > punches > part of
bolster1678
punch board1900
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 12 Your Punch will print a bunching mark upon the hole of a Bolster, that is a thick Iron with a hole in it.
1790 Clifford Specif. Patent 1795 The nails are to be cut..by means of a punch..having a hollow boulster (commonly called a bed) the hollow and aperture of which must also be made to the size and form of the nail.
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. (1856) II. 929 Punches..used in combination with bolsters.
4. Applied to various things of the nature of a supporting or strengthening ridge.
a. The projecting ‘shoulder’ of a knife, chisel, etc., where the blade is inserted into the handle.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > shoulder
bolster1827
1827 Smith Specif. Patent 5470 To form the blade and bolster and tang at one and the same operation.
1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 291 The bolster, or that prominent part of a common table knife which abuts upon the handle.
b. The metallic plate on the end of the handle of a pocket-knife.
c. A raised ridge on the wrestplank of a piano to give bearing to the strings by raising them.
d. An excrescence left on the stem of a plant by the fall of a leaf.
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1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Bolster, an excrescence or scar left by the fall of a leaf, as the markings on the trunks of Lepidodendron.
5. Architecture. One of the rolls forming the sides of an Ionic capital; = baluster n. 5.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > parts of specific types of capital
caulis1563
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cyllerie1592
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cilery1611
roll1611
turning1631
pillow1664
volute1696
tambour1706
collarino1715
annulet1728
colarin1728
drum1728
caulicoles1815
intervolute1831
bolster1842
stalk1842
horn1847
bell1848
cauliculusa1878
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 936 Bolster, the baluster part of the Ionic capital on the return side.
Compounds
bolster-piece; bolster-shaped adj.; bolster collar n. a bolster-shaped collar of a woman's coat or cloak.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports
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abutment1727
suppeditor1728
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bench1850
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bolster-piece1860
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table mount1923
the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > others
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acinose1796
aciniform1798
acinous1809
slab-sided1817
lip-like1836
mound-like1843
high-centred1847
square-toed1851
brush-shaped1880
mushroom1884
bolster-shaped1900
arrowhead1934
narrow-gutted1952
panhandled1960
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > parts of > collar
cuff of the neck1740
storm collar1898
bolster collar1923
1860 R. S. Burn Handbk. Mech. Arts (ed. 2) 197 Where the tie-rods..join the ring at the angles, bolster-pieces are inserted, against which the nuts are screwed hard up.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 2/1 The bolster-shaped kit bag.
1904 Windsor Mag. Jan. 238/2 Long bolster-shaped sweets.
1923 Daily Mail 19 June 1 New short coat..with smart finely pleated bolster collar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
bolstern.2
/ˈbəʊlstə/, U.S. /ˈboʊlstər/ A type of chisel used by bricklayers for cutting bricks.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > chisel > [noun] > for cutting stone or brick
tool1727
point1728
drove1825
prick1837
boaster1842
bolster1908
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > masons' and bricklayers' tools > for cutting or dressing bricks
brick axe?1502
salter1688
banker1700
float-stone1700
bedding-stone1823
bolster1908
1908 C. F. Mitchell Brickwork & Masonry (ed. 2) ii. 96 Brick-Cutting Tools..The club hammer and bolster, for cutting with greater exactitude than with the trowel.
1924 H. L. Briggs Pract. Bricklaying iv. 39 For finer work the brick-cutting chisel, or ‘set’ or ‘bolster’, as it is usually called, is used.
1936 Archit. Rev. 79 240/4 (caption) The bolster, a long-edged, cold chisel used for cutting bricks and also for cleaning joints.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bolsterv.
/ˈbəʊlstə/, U.S. /ˈboʊlstər/ 1. transitive. To support with a bolster. (Usually in past participle.)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [verb (transitive)] > support with pillows or bolster
bolster1583
pillow1611
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. ix. 89 Let your head bee boulstered vp high.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. 77 Bolster'd with down, amid a thousand wants.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xx. 334 She was bolstered up in bed.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)]
to bear upeOE
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bearOE
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supporta1425
chargea1500
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confirm1542
stay1548
to carry up1570
bolster1581
lift1590
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atlas1593
sustent1605
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appui1656
establish1664
shoulder1674
to keep up1681
upheave1729
withhold1769
1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus i. ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 61 Thunder propping brawny shoulderd sier That heaued and bolstred vp the Welkin throne.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 118 Vnder the beginning of the duodenum is the Pancræas placed..to boulster them vp.
3. 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 512 Bolstering up one another by reflexion upon their numerosity.1813 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 185 To bolster themselves up on the revered name of that first of our worthies.?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. A ij Which..They bolstred oute vnder abusyon.1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie ii. 118 He bolstered out a murtherer in acquiting the murtherer by vnlawful means.1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 65 Yet were they boulstered out in this their wicked act by those who set them one worke.1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. viii. 568 (margin) To bolster up a most unlawfull power in the Church.1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 12) 477 Can bolster vp their friends, children, and seruants in things worthie punishment.1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xviii. 193 Would in their very offices bolster up the pride of Antichrist.1831 T. Arnold Let. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. vi. 285 I want to get up a real Poor Man's Magazine, which should not bolster up abuses and veil iniquities.
a. figurative. To prop up, support, uphold. Also with up. In later use usually with some approach to c.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)]
lasteOE
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to hold up by the chin1546
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suffult?c1550
upshore?1567
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crutch1641
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backstop1956
1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 175 Suche maner stronge and constaunt people dooth bolster and holde up bothe themselfe and other in crystes chyrche, they be lyke vnto pyllers.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. viii To vpholde, fortefye, & bolster the enterpryce.
1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. E3 Arthur thou seest, Fraunce cannot bolster thee.
b. To uphold or bear out (evil doers, illegal action, crime, or error); to aid and abet, to countenance. Also with out (obsolete) and up.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > chiefly in something bad
comfort1362
maintainc1390
abet1442
bolster1523
1523 [implied in: Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccl. 561 Who durst begyn suche a ryot..without some bolsterer or comforter in their dede. (at bolsterer n. 1)].
1549 [implied in: H. Latimer Serm. before Edward VI (Arb.) 154 O Lord what bearyng what bolstering of naughtye matters is thys. (at bolstering n. 1)].
1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. ii. 177 You frame your translations to bolster your errors and heresies.
1612 T. James Iesuits Downefall 29 They haue bolstred, banded, bearded, and borne out many foule matters.
1821 Hone Facetiæ 18 There is..not a public job that he has not bolstered; not a public knave that he has not shielded.
c. Now usually (with some mixture of sense 4): To give fictitious support to (a thing unable to stand of itself). Commonly with up, rarely out.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > give factitious support to
prop1549
bolster1581
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 447 Wherewith they may bolster upp not their credytt, but their false packyng.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi i. §3. 18 These things have..been boulstered out by Rabbinicall traditions.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 48 Bolstering, and supporting their inward rottenes by a carnal, and outward strength.
1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 275 I have done every thing in my power to bolster up the credit of the government.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §4. 81 What we..teach requires to be bolstered up by bounties to the taught.
4.
a. To pad, furnish, or stuff out with padding; to puff. Also with out, up.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > make internal or interior [verb (transitive)] > line > pad or stuff
stopc1400
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pad1741
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upholster1873
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > with fullness > stuff
stuffc1450
to bulk out?1529
bolster1530
bombase1573
embolster1631
1530 [implied in: J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 199/2 Bolsteryng, stuffyng, fulsement. (at bolstering n. 2)].
1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes c, in Wks. sig. Ee That breeche was bolstred so with such brode barres.
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas Epil. They bumbast, bolster, frisle, and perfume.
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. E4v A white necke, if it be not plastered: a straight backe, if it be not bolstered.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 Three Pair of Stays, boulstered below the Left Shoulder.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xiv. 277 For a lady to look like an hour-glass, or a huge insect, or anything else cut in two, and bolstered out at head and feet.
b. figurative.
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1568 Sempill Ballates (1873) 232 Bowstert with pryd.
1616 Manifest. Abp. Spalato's Motives 31 Their Reuenues are great, and boulstered out with secular dignities.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 71 Whose sermons were all bolstered up with..Greek and Latin.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > furnish with pad or compress
bolster1607
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 413 [It] will..not onely require more businesse in bolstering it, but also put the horse to more paine.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II cccxxxii, in Poems (1878) III. 220 Thus Broken Hearts Are bolstred vp, and none can tell their Smarts.
1768 W. Sharp in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 84 With the common wooden splints (properly bolstered).
6. ? intransitive. To lie on the same bolster.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse
playOE
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root1922
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to make love1927
rock1931
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to make (beautiful) music (together)1936
sleep1936
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lumber1938
to hop into bed (with)1951
to make out1951
ball1955
score1960
trick1965
to have it away1966
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 404 If euer mortall eyes did see them boulster More then their owne. View more context for this quotation
7. transitive (among schoolboys): To belabour with bolsters. Cf. pillow fight n. at pillow n. Compounds 2.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with a bolster
bolster1870
1870 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends (1875) 287 And then they bolstered us.
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society > law > administration of justice > [verb (transitive)] > pervert or abuse law
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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxv [They reported] how the Lawes be delayed & bolstred by suche as stande in his fauoure.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 79 Materys are so borne & bolsteryd that justyce cannot have place, wyth indyfferency.
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v.1508- eastergift
- eastering
- easterlier
- easterlies
- easterliest
- easterliness
- easterling
- easterling merchant
- easterling money
- easterling pence
- easterling penny
- easterling pound
- easterling trader
- easterlings
- easterly
- eastermangiant
- eastermost
- eastern
- eastern bloc
- eastern block
- eastern bluebird
- eastern board
- eastern brown snake
- eastern camas
- eastern catholic