Definition of bracing

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

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Pantheology :: Pantheology (n.) A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
Clip :: Clip (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree..
Clipping :: Clipping (n.) The act of embracing.
Omnicorporeal :: Omnicorporeal (a.) Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
Swayed :: Sway-bracing (n.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying..
Embracing :: Embracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embrac.
Feudal :: Feudal (a.) Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system..
Bracing :: Bracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brac.
Quick :: Quick (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
Stemless :: Stem-clasping (a.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
Fifth :: Fifth (n.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key..
Bracing :: Bracing (n.) The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced..
Dolus :: Dolus (n.) Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud. See Culpa..
Monandria :: Monandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.
Chapel :: Chapel (v. t.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing..
Pale :: Pale (n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
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
Pteridophyta :: Pteridophyta (n. pl.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia..
Peziza :: Peziza (n.) A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors..
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)..
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