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Buttress
Buttress But"tress, n. [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris.] 1. (Arch.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry. Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier. 2. Anything which supports or strengthens. ``The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity.' --South. Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.
Buttress
Buttress But"tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. --Burke.
Buttressed
Buttress But"tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. --Burke.
Buttressing
Buttress But"tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. --Burke.
Flying buttress
Buttress But"tress, n. [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris.] 1. (Arch.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry. Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier. 2. Anything which supports or strengthens. ``The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity.' --South. Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.

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- John Chester Buttre (June 10, 1821 – December 2, 1893), was an American steel-plate engraver and lithographer, responsible for some 3,000 engraved portraits...
- Samuel Colt Engraving by John Chester Buttre, c. 1855 Born (1814-07-19)July 19, 1814 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. Died January 10, 1862(1862-01-10) (aged 47)...
- Martha Dandridge Custis in 1757: engraving by John Chester Buttre after a portrait by John Wollaston...
- Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, John Slidell, William L. Yancey, Robert Toombs, and Isham G. Harris ("Confederate chieftans" engraving by J.C. Buttre, 1864)...
- Hezekiah Pierrepont engraved portrait by John Chester Buttre Born (1768-11-03)November 3, 1768 New Haven, Connecticut, British America Died August 11,...
- Mezzotint (1863) of Martha Washington made by John Chester Buttre, drawn by W. Oliver Stone after the original by John Wollaston, painted in 1757...
- Frank Moore, Alexander Hay Ritchie, George Edward Perine, John Chester Buttre, Henry Bryan Hall; Page 171 Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil...
- Flagship Mountain (76°43′S 161°30′E / 76.717°S 161.500°E / -76.717; 161.500 (Flagship Mountain)) is a prominent, conical rock peak, 1,720 metres (5...
- Hopkins Adams, author Kelly Brannigan, model (Deal or No Deal) John Chester Buttre, artist and publisher of The American Portrait Gallery Scott Columbus, Manowar...
- the one which now graces our capitol city of 'George Washington.'" J. C. Buttre's 1877 engraving of Thomas, based on a photograph by George N. Bernard Woodcut...