crutch

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crutch englannista suomeksi

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

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(RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus)
Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
(quote-book)is (..) at best a crutch that lifts the weak alone.
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
A knee, or piece of knee timber.
A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
To support on crutches; to up.
(RQ:Dryden Absalom)
To move on crutches.
To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
(quote-journal)
to stir with a crutch.