Prop

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A shell, used as a die. ·see Props.

II. Prop ·v That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building.

III. Prop ·vt To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to Maintain; as, to prop a declining state.