buttressing

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buttressing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Buttress \But"tress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.]
     To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
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           To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up
           for duration.                            --Burke.
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buttressing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  buttressing
      n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a
           building [syn: buttress, buttressing]