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Comprehend :: Comprehend (v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire..

Armillary :: Armillary (n.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles..

Portal :: Portal (n.) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces..

Grapplement :: Grapplement (n.) A grappling; close fight or embrace.

Rerebrace :: Rerebrace (n.) Armor for the upper part of the arm.

Embracement :: Embracement (n.) Willing acceptance.

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..

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..

Beclip :: Beclip (v. t.) To embrace; to surround.

Underbrace :: Underbrace (v. t.) To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below..

Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..

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.

Leash :: Leash (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general..

Latticing :: Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut..

Hug :: Hug (n.) A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling..

Pointer :: Pointer (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.

Embrace :: Embrace (v. i.) To join in an embrace.

Toed :: Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

Sector :: Sector (n.) An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector..

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