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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Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..
Brace :: Brace (n.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace.
Interlock :: Interlock (v. i.) To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences..
Circlet :: Circlet (n.) A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband..
Embracer :: Embracer (n.) One who embraces.
Buttress :: Buttress (v. t.) To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum..
Girth :: Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.
Beclip :: Beclip (v. t.) To embrace; to surround.
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..
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces..
Butting Joint :: Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint..
Braced :: Braced (imp. & p. p.) of Brac.
Underbrace :: Underbrace (v. t.) To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below..
Wimble :: Wimble (n.) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
Bracelet :: Bracelet (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
Press :: Press (v.) To embrace closely; to hug.
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.
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