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Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate..

Kite :: Kite (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill..

Kiteflying :: Kiteflying (n.) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting..

Insecure :: Insecure (a.) Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss..

Lesion :: Lesion (n.) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.

Heartstring :: Heartstring (n.) A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart..

Sustentation :: Sustentation (n.) The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance..

Dependent :: Dependent (a.) Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends..

Float :: Float (v. t.) To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation..

Bearer :: Bearer (n.) One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries..

Sustainment :: Sustainer (n.) One who, or that which, sustains..

Bunk :: Bunk (n.) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

Endurer :: Endurer (n.) One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains..

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams..

Pabulum :: Pabulum (n.) The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum..

Lever :: Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mecha

Upbear :: Upbear (v. t.) To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.

Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts..

Sustainer :: Sustained (a.) Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain..

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