Bible Dictionaries
Buttress
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Anything which supports or strengthens.
(2):
(n.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.
(3):
(v. t.) To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Buttress'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/buttress.html. 1828.