Category:Prop

Prop, n.

Defn: a shell, used as a die. See props.

Prop Prop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propped; p. pr. & vb. n. Propping.] Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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. Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky. Pope. For being not propp'd by ancestry. Shak. I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me. Pope.

Prop Prop, n. Etym: [akin to lg., D., & dan. prop stopple, stopper, cork, Sw. propp, g. pfropf. See prop, v.]

Defn: that which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything Rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a Building. "two props of virtue." Shak.