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Webster 1913 Edition

Prop

Prop

,
Noun.
A shell, used as a die. See
Props
.

Prop

,
Verb.
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.
Till the bright mountains
prop
the incumbent sky.
Pope.
For being not
propp’d
by ancestry.
Shakespeare
I
prop
myself upon those few supports that are left me.
Pope.

Prop

,
Noun.
[Akin to LG., D., & Dan.
prop
stopple, stopper, cork, Sw.
propp
, G.
pfropf
. See
Prop
,
Verb.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prop

PROP

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To support or prevent from falling by placing something under or against; as, to prop a fence or an old building.
2.
To support by standing under or against.
Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky.
3.
To support; to sustain; in a general sense; as, to prop a declining state.
I prop myself upon the few supports that are left me.

PROP

,
Noun.
That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which any thing rests for support; a support; a stay; as a prop for vines; a prop for an old building. An affectionate child is the prop of declining age.

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