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Pax :: Pax (n.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches..

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

Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses..

Footboard :: Footboard (n.) A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his fee.

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.

Seljukian :: Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century..

Reembrace :: Reembrace (v. i.) To embrace again.

Engender :: Engender (v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.

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..

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..

Embracement :: Embracement (n.) A clasp in the arms; embrace.

Twine :: Twine (n.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier..

Embrace :: Embrace (v. t.) To fasten on, as armor..

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

Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A pair of suspenders or braces.

Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences..

Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.

Studded :: Stud (n.) An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

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