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Pronunciation : Prop
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A shell, used as a die. See Props.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Prop
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Propped; p. pr. & vb. n. Propping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Prop
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. prop stopple, stopper, cork, Sw. propp, G. pfropf. See Prop, v.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913