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Index — Chapter Words Relating to Space (Part 9 of 16)

    A peg, knob, button, hook, nail, ring, staple, knot 45, tenter-hook.

    (Verbs). To be pendent, etc., to hang, swing, dangle, swag, daggle, flap, trail.

    To suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to.

    (Adjectives). Pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, dependent, swinging, etc., suspended, etc., loose, flowing, caudal.

    Having a peduncle, etc., pedunculate, tailed, caudate.

    (Adverbs). Dingle-dangle.

  • Support (Substantives), ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, fulcrum, foothold, point d'appui, pou sto, locus standi, landing, landing-place, resting-place, groundwork, substratum, floor, bed, stall, berth, lap, mount.
  • A supporter, prop, stand, anvil, stay, shore, truss, sleeper, staff, stick, walking-stick, crutch, stirrups, stilts, alpenstock, baton.

    Post, pillar, shaft, column, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth 211, baluster, banister.

    A frame, framework, scaffold, scaffolding, skeleton, cadre, beam, rafter, lintel, joist, corner-stone, stanchion, summer, girder, cantilever, outrigger, tie-beam 45, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axle-tree, axis, fuselage, chassis.

    A board, form, ledge, platform, floor, stage, shelf, hob, bracket, arbor, rack, mantel, mantelpiece, mantel- shelf, counter, slab, console, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, truss, horse, easel, desk.

    A seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, arm-chair, easy chair, hammock-chair, deck-chair, bench, sofa, lounge, settee, chesterfield, couch, fauteuil, stool, tripod, footstool, tabouret, trivet, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, saddle, pillion, dicky, hassock, cushion, howdah.

    Bed, bedstead, chair-bedstead, bedding, pillow, bolster, mattress, shake-down, tester, pallet, hammock, crib, cradle, cot, palliasse.

    Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, Ygdrasil.

    (Verbs). To be supported, etc., to lie, sit, recline, lean, loll, lounge, abut, bear, rest, stand, step, repose, etc., on, be based on, bestride, straddle, bestraddle.

    To support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder, uphold, hold up, upbear, prop, underprop, shore up, underpin, pillow.

    To give, furnish, afford, supply, lend, etc., support or foundations, to bottom, to found, embed.

    (Adjectives). Supported, etc., astride on, astraddle; fundamental, basic.

  • Parallelism (Substantives), coextension.
  • (Verbs). To be parallel, etc.

    (Adjectives). Parallel, coextensive.

    (Adverbs). Alongside, abreast, beside.

    (Phrases). Side by side; check by jowl.