Dictionary entry

Bolster (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bol″ster, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bolstered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bolstering.] 1. To support with a bolster or pillow. S. Sharp.

2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; — often with up.

To bolster baseness.

Drayton.

Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride.

Compton Reade.