Bolstering

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bolster \Bol"ster\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolstered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Bolstering}.]
     1. To support with a bolster or pillow. --S. Sharp.
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     2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or


        unusual effort; -- often with up.
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              To bolster baseness.                  --Drayton.
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              Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a
              factitious pride.                     --Compton
                                                    Reade.
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