bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown,
trucklebed[obs3], cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang[obs3]; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse[obs3]; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.
footstool, hassock; tabouret[obs3]; tripod, monopod.
Atlas, Persides, Atlantes[obs3], Caryatides, Hercules.
V. be supported &c.; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on,
rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c.; have at one’s back; bestride, bestraddle[obs3].
support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up,
bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear[obs3]; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage &c. 43.
give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend
support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed.
maintain, keep on foot; aid &c. 707.
Adj. supporting, supported &c. v.; fundamental; dorsigerous[obs3].
Adv. astride on, straddle.
#216. Parallelism.
— N. {ant. 216a} parallelism; coextension[obs3];
equidistance[obs3]; similarity &c. 17.
Adj. parallel; coextensive;
equidistant.
Adv. alongside &c. (laterally)
236.
#216a. Perpendicularity
— N. {ant. 216} perpendicularity,
orthogonality; verticality, &c. 212.
V. be perpendicular,
be orthogonal; intersect at right angles, be
rectangular, be at right angles to, intersect at 90
degrees; have no correlation.
Adj. orthogonal, perpendicular;
rectangular; uncorrelated.
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#217. Obliquity.
— N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant,
crookedness &c. adj.; slopeness[obs3]; leaning &c.
v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch;
distortion &c. 243; bend &c. (curve) 245; tower of
Pisa.
acclivity, rise, ascent,
gradient, khudd[obs3], rising ground, hill,
bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity|; gentle
slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving
beach; talus; monagne Russe[Fr]; facilis descensus
averni[Lat].
V. intersect; lack parallelism.
#218. Inversion.
— N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion,
retroversion, introversion; contraposition &c. 237[obs3];
contrariety &c. 14; reversal; turn of the tide.
overturn; somersault,
somerset; summerset[obs3]; culbute[obs3];
revulsion; pirouette.
transposition, transposal[obs3],
anastrophy[obs3], metastasis,


