propping

Prop \Prop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Propping}.] [Akin to LG. & D. proppen to cram, stuff, thrust
   into, stop, G. pfropfen, Dan. proppe, Sw. proppa; of
   uncertain origin, cf. G. pfropfen to graft, fr. L. propago
   set, layer of a plant, slip, shoot. Cf. 3d. {Prop},
   {Propagate}.]
   To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something
   under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building;
   (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining
   state. --Shak.
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         Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky.
                                                  --Pope.
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         For being not propp'd by ancestry.       --Shak.
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         I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me.
                                                  --Pope.
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