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Definition of Propped

1. prop [v] - See also: prop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Propped

Literary usage of Propped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"He propped this up before the fire, and when the surface was neatly browned " HE propped THIS UP BEFORE THE FIRE." over, slipped it off the board and turned ..."

2. Applied Mechanics: An Elementary General Introduction to the Theory of by James Henry Cotterill (1884)
"Beam propped in the Middle.—When a beam is acted on by several loads the ... Beam supported at the ends and propped in the middle, uniformly loaded. (Fig. ..."

3. Applied Mechanics: An Elementary General Introduction to the Theory of by James Henry Cotterill (1884)
"Beam propped in the Middle.—When a beam is acted on by several loads the ... Beam supported at the ends and propped in the middle, uniformly loaded. (Fig. ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Lord Chiltern was propped. "That's the worst one I ever was on," said Lord Chil- tero ; " but I think he's ..."

5. Text-book of Mechanics by Louis Adolphe Martin (1911)
"propped Beams. — Simple beams supported at another point besides the ends, or cantilevers supported at some point other than the fixed end, ..."

6. Applied Mechanics: An Elementary General Introduction to the Theory of by James Henry Cotterill (1895)
"166- Beam propped in the Middle.—When a beam is acted on by several loads the ... Beam supported at the ends and propped in the middle, uniformly loaded. ..."

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