Definition of brace

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Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd..

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Rerebrace :: Rerebrace (n.) Armor for the upper part of the arm.
Counter Brace :: Counter brace () A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd..
Buttress :: Buttress (v. t.) To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
Vantbrace :: Vantbrace (n.) Alt. of Vantbras.
Engender :: Engender (v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace..
Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum..
Espouser :: Espouser (n.) One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
Strut :: Strut (n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie..
Girth :: Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.
Entomostraca :: Entomostraca (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera..
Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Unbrace :: Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves..
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..
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Squared :: Square (a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced..
Halse :: Halse (v. t.) To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
Bit :: Bit (v.) A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock..
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