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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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