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Definition of Propping
1. prop [v] - See also: prop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propping
Literary usage of Propping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Coal Mining Described and Illustrated by Thomas H. Walton (1885)
"... XVII.,* which shows the interior of a board-room, the manner of branching off
the road into it, and the mode of propping under a slate or shaley roof. ..."
2. The Mine Foreman's Handbook of Practical and Theoretical Information on the by Robert Mauchline, Frank Ernest Brackett (1905)
"on ''propping" in general as v. . t lie method of distributing, placing in posi-
i'H lor the work giving the best results for safety how that falling top is ..."
3. Platform Echos; Or, Living Truths for Head & Heart ...: With a History of Mr by John Bartholomew Gough, Lyman Abbott (1886)
"propping Up the Sick Boy's Arm —Dead; His Little Hand Held Up for Jesus —A Street
Scene in London — The Claims of Humanity — The Burning Ship — A Noble Act ..."
4. Researches Into the Pathology and Treatment of Deformities in the Human Body by John Bishop (1852)
"propping the spine, and neglecting the legs, shown to be irrational. A GREAT deal
of discussion has arisen as to whether patients requiring a recumbent ..."
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