Definition of brace

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Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..

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Counter Brace :: Counter brace () The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
Halse :: Halse (v. t.) To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
Clasp :: Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
Rerebrace :: Rerebrace (n.) Armor for the upper part of the arm.
Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves..
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.
Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
Fold :: Fold (v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace..
Suspensation :: Suspender (n.) One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Girth :: Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.
Embracer :: Embracer (n.) One who embraces.
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome..
Bit :: Bit (v.) A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock..
Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..
Bracer :: Bracer (n.) A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body..
Clip :: Clip (n.) An embrace.
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them..
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