Definition of brace

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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..

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Bracelet :: Bracelet (n.) An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..
Hug :: Hug (v. t.) To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
Effect :: Effect (n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects..
Enough :: Enough (adv.) Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer..
Brace :: Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
Amplexation :: Amplexation (n.) An embrace.
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand..
Embracement :: Embracement (n.) A clasp in the arms; embrace.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
Embrace :: Embrace (v. t.) To fasten on, as armor..
Neophyte :: Neophyte (n.) A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism..
Espouser :: Espouser (n.) One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
Brace :: Brace (n.) Harness; warlike preparation.
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 include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences..
Fold :: Fold (v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace..
Comply :: Comply (v. i.) To infold; to embrace.
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