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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Clasp :: Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
Encyclopedist :: Encyclopedist (n.) The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences..
Bracer :: Bracer (n.) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart..
Bracing :: Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss..
Unbrace :: Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves..
Portal :: Portal (n.) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them..
Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum..
Collingly :: Collingly (adv.) With embraces.
Cuddle :: Cuddle (v. t.) To embrace closely; to fondle.
Pax :: Pax (n.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches..
Accouplement :: Accouplement (n.) That which couples, as a tie or brace..
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
Brace :: Brace (n.) Harness; warlike preparation.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..
Counter Brace :: Counter brace () The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
Interlock :: Interlock (v. i.) To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly..
Embrasure :: Embrasure (n.) An embrace.
Armlet :: Armlet (n.) An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.
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