Definition of brace

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Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

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Colling :: Colling (v. t.) An embrace; dalliance.
Braced :: Braced (imp. & p. p.) of Brac.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Bracer :: Bracer (n.) A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body..
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them..
Imbracery :: Imbracery (n.) Embracery.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..
Inclasp :: Inclasp (v. t.) To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle.
Wimble :: Wimble (n.) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
Inspectorship :: Inspectorship (n.) The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.
Buttress :: Buttress (v. t.) To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
Latticing :: Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
Engender :: Engender (v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Include :: Include (v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five..
Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building..
Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Counterbrace :: Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another..
Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..
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