firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib†; point d'appui [Fr.],
pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, locus standi [Lat.]; landing
place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place;
groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor &c
(basement) 211.
supporter; aid &c 707; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment†; cue rest,
jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper;
stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit†,
outrigger; ratlings†.
staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle†; bourdon†,
cowlstaff†, lathi†, mahlstick†.
post, pillar, shaft, thill†, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle;
pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle†, zocle†; buttress, jamb, mullion,
abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone;
upright; door post, jamb, door jamb.
frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder,
lintel, joist, travis†, trave†, corner stone, summer, transom; rung,
round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion†;
crown post, king post; vertebra.
columella†, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch,
mainstay.
trunnion, pivot, rowlock†; peg &c (pendency) 214 [Obs.]; tiebeam &c
(fastening) 45; thole pin†.
board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet†, trivet, arbor, rack;
mantel, mantle piece [Fr.], mantleshelf†; slab, console; counter,
dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel,
desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy†.
seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud†; chair, bench, form, stool,
sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair;
couch, fauteuil [Fr.], woolsack†, ottoman, settle, squab, bench;
aparejo†, faldstool†, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair;
lamba chauki†, lamba kursi†; saddle, pannel†, pillion; side saddle, pack
saddle; pommel.
bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown,
trucklebed†, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French
bed, bunk, kip, palang†; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse†;
pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.
footstool, hassock; tabouret†; tripod, monopod.
Atlas, Persides, Atlantes†, Caryatides, Hercules.
V. be supported &c; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest
on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c;
have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle†.
support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up,
bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear†; prop; under prop, under pin,
under set; riprap; bandage &c 43.
give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support,
lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford
foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base,
ground, imbed, embed.
maintain, keep on foot; aid &c 707.
Adj. supporting, supported &c v.; fundamental; dorsigerous†.
Adv. astride on, straddle.