Definition of bracing

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

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Encyclopedian :: Encyclopedian (a.) Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects..
Cling :: Cling (v. i.) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together..
Embracing :: Embracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embrac.
Encyclopedical :: Encyclopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects..
Clipping :: Clipping (n.) The act of embracing.
Gens :: Gens (a.) A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe..
Shin :: Shin (v. i.) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast..
Micronesian :: Micronesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc..
Monandria :: Monandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.
Swarm :: Swarm (v. i.) To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin..
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.
Lamellirostres :: Lamellirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate..
Bracing :: Bracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brac.
Literature :: Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..
Bracing :: Bracing (n.) The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced..
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..
Circumflex :: Circumflex (n.) A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
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..
Omnicorporeal :: Omnicorporeal (a.) Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
Bridgeing :: Bridgeing (n.) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.
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