a long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.-a pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.-anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.-a cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.-a cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.-anything used to prevent chafing.-a plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.-a transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.-the crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.-the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.-that part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.-the metallic end of a pocketknife handle.-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.-to support with a bolster or pillow.-to support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.