Definition of brace

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Brace (v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards..

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Embrasure :: Embrasure (n.) An embrace.
Legatura :: Legatura (n.) A tie or brace; a syncopation.
Unbrace :: Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves..
Brace :: Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
Side :: Side (v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party..
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..
Armil :: Armil (n.) A bracelet.
Pax :: Pax (n.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches..
Inclasp :: Inclasp (v. t.) To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle.
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Enough :: Enough (adv.) Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer..
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Embrace :: Embrace (v. t.) To fasten on, as armor..
Clip :: Clip (n.) An embrace.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.
Embracive :: Embracive (a.) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
Bracing :: Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss..
Hug :: Hug (n.) A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling..
Sector :: Sector (n.) An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector..
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