SUPPORTANCE
Sup*port"ance, n.
Defn: Support. [Obs.] Shak.
SUPPORTATION
Sup`por*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Maintenance; support. [Obs.] Chaucer. Bacon.
SUPPORTER
Sup*port"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of
life.
The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured. Bacon.
The saints have a . . . supporter in all their miseries. South.
2. Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.
3. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: A knee placed under the cathead.
4. (Her.)