单词 | underprop |
释义 | underpropn. A prop or support placed under a thing. Usually figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports crutchc900 upholda1066 uptakinga1300 arma1382 postc1387 staff1390 sustainerc1390 undersetterc1400 potent?a1439 buttressa1450 supportalc1450 comfort1455 supporta1456 studa1500 poge1525 underpropper1532 shore1534 staya1542 prop1562 stoopa1572 underprop1579 sustentation1585 rest1590 underpinning1590 supportance1597 sustinent1603 lean1610 reliance1613 hingea1616 columna1620 spar1630 gable end1788 lifeboat1832 standback1915 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 45/1 The Monkes, &..all those iolly vnderprops of that Romish Antichrist. 1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing D 3 Faiths strong pillars need no vnderprops. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 264 An vnder-proppe or basis supporting and sustaining vs. 1826 W. E. Andrews Crit. & Hist. Rev. Fox's Bk. Martyrs II. 204 Cranmer,..this pillar and underprop of the reformation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). underpropv. 1. a. transitive. To support with a prop or props; to keep firm or upright with some form of material support. (Common in 17th cent.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > prop shore1340 undershore1393 prop1507 underpropa1535 crutch1641 rance1680 trig1711 spur1733 stut1808 spurn1865 scaffold1884 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. xviii. sig. D.viii Some haue I sene euyn in their last sycknes sytte vp in theyr death bed vnderproppted wt pillous. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxvii. lxix. 220 One tooke him napping,..And vnderpropt his saddell with foure stakes, And so from vnder him his courser takes. 1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dial. ii, in Wks. (1874) VI. 124 Had you not rather..To see the trees full branches vnderpropt Laden with ripe fruit? 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xx. 161 It was frequent also for Sea-men, underproping their Ships with their Shoulders, to thrust them forwards into the Sea. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 129 Underprop the Architrave with a strong arch. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xi. 152 A Mirror crack'd, With Table underprop'd, and Chairs new-back'd. 1851 C. L. Smith tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered xi. lxxxv They who guided it their force applied To underprop it. b. In figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > support with a prop underprop1532 crutch1682 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 473/1 But Tyndall perceiuing..howe fieble hys building is that he setteth therupon, hath therfore..vndershoren, & vnderpropped it with certayn strong postes made of rotten redes. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 34 b Our deepe Devine doth underproppe his lazie Monckerie upon these pillars. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xi. 75 The effect thereof was, to implore ayde of that Egyptian Reed, to underprop their ruinous, and almost rotten Building. 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith 23 This doctrine is a..Pillar, to under prop the Chamber in Hell, which they call Purgatory. 2. figurative. To support or sustain; to maintain. (Very common c1550–1675.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] lasteOE i-hentc1225 uphold?c1225 upbeara1300 sustainc1300 understand13.. uplift1338 maintainc1350 supporta1393 underset1395 buttressc1400 supprise1447 bolster1508 stay1526 stay1526 undershore?a1534 underpropa1535 to hold up by the chin1546 back1548 suborn1548 suffult?c1550 upshore?1567 shoulder1577 upstay1600 underwrite1609 abone1622 crutch1641 float1823 backstop1956 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/1 Childehood must be maintained by mens authoritye, & slipper youth vnderpropped with elder counsayle. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 255 To vnderprop and strengthen this faith with ye signes of the good wil of God towarde it selfe. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B2 Within whose face Beautie and Vertue striued, Which of them both should vnderprop her fame. View more context for this quotation 1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. ii. 22 This art..of underpropping their reputation. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur vi. 168 He could th' unstable People's Tumults stop, And a declining Kingdom underprop. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 47 He though fit to underprop it with his earthly God, the Leviathan. 1773 J. Berridge Christian World Unmasked 214 Moses is called in hastily to underprop his master Jesus. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 245 Leagues..on purpose made to under-prop Iniquity, and crush the sacred truth. 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 300 Let such pure hate still underprop our love. 3. To form a prop or support to (something). ΚΠ a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. Dv Know that this Citie stands vpon seuen hilles That vnderprops the groundworke of the same. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 56 He had yet forsooth a statue or two, particularly one of Cheiron, which underpropp'd his table. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 133 There is nothing more natural than for the Ivy to be of opinion..that the Church cannot hold up longer than It underprops the Walls. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxxi. 299 One considerable use of the wedge, is the raising up the beam of a house, to underprop it, when a floor begins to give way. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nights xiv, in Poems 57 Six columns,..under-propped a rich Throne o' the massive ore. 1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xv. 360 The transverse plates..underpropping their flattest and weakest part. Derivatives underpropped adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > propped underpight1377 shored1563 propped1612 underpropped1632 stutted1638 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [adjective] > supported or encouraged underpropped1632 countenanced1692 espoused1828 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 6 O heauy vnder-prop'd wrongs. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 165 The old under-propped Scaffolds overladen with people, suddenly fell down. underpropping adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [adjective] sustaining?c1425 affirmative?1504 supportable1531 upholding1553 supportive1593 supportful1610 underpropping1614 subjunctive1656 buttressing1672 supportative1803 upholdatory1829 sustenant1874 hand-holding1920 1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing iii. 45 There is no sinne, but we may..fall into, if Gods vnderpropping hand withdraw it selfe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579v.1532 |
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