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buttress \BUH-tris\, verb:
1. To give encouragement or support to (a person, plan, etc.).
2. To support by a buttress; prop up.
noun:
1. Any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
2. Any prop or support.
3. A thing shaped like a buttress, as a tree trunk with a widening base.
4. A bony or horny protuberance, especially on a horse's hoof.

Don't lick ass or you might be a 'Buttress'...careful of the opposing trusts.