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Bolsterer vs Bolstered - What's the difference?

bolsterer | bolstered |

As a noun bolsterer

is one who, or that which, bolsters.

As a verb bolstered is

(bolster).

bolsterer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, bolsters.
  • a bolsterer of all papists and ill men

    Anagrams

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    bolstered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bolster)
  • Anagrams

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    bolster

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large cushion or pillow.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster , / This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.
  • A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
  • * John Gay
  • This arm shall be a bolster for thy head.
  • A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons which give the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
  • A short, horizontal, structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam. Sometimes also called a pillow or cross-head (Australian English).
  • The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
  • The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
  • The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
  • (label) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
  • A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
  • Synonyms

    * Dutch wife

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
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