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Fifth :: Fifth (n.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key..

Clip :: Clip (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree..

Bracing :: Bracing (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind..

Oxbow :: Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river..

Amphibole :: Amphibole (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constit

Bridgeing :: Bridgeing (n.) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Lamellirostres :: Lamellirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate..

Bracing :: Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss..

Niagara Period :: Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology..

Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..

Amplexicaul :: Amplexicaul (a.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves..

Pteridophyta :: Pteridophyta (n. pl.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia..

Semiamplexicaul :: Semiamplexicaul (a.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf..

Swarm :: Swarm (v. i.) To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin..

Quick :: Quick (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut..

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss..

Embracing :: Embracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embrac.

Stemless :: Stem-clasping (a.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.

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