Definition of brace

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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..

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Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass..
Sinewy :: Sinewy (a.) Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax..
Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..
Embraceor :: Embraceor (n.) One guilty of embracery.
Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum..
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
Comprehend :: Comprehend (v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire..
Clasp :: Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
Squared :: Square (a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Seljukian :: Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century..
Hug :: Hug (n.) A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling..
Pax :: Pax (n.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
Embracement :: Embracement (n.) State of being contained; inclosure.
Bangle :: Bangle (n.) An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet..
Prospect :: Prospect (v.) That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
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