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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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.
Bracing :: Bracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brac.
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..
Cling :: Cling (v. t.) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
Monandria :: Monandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.
Limicolae :: Limicolae (n. pl.) A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae..
Pteridophyta :: Pteridophyta (n. pl.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia..
Stemless :: Stem-clasping (a.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
Lamellirostres :: Lamellirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate..
Semiamplexicaul :: Semiamplexicaul (a.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf..
Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..
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..
Pantheology :: Pantheology (n.) A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
Embracing :: Embracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embrac.
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..
Swayed :: Sway-bracing (n.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying..
Bracing :: Bracing (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind..
Shire :: Shire (n.) A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county..
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