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Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd..

Bell Jar :: Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view..

Strap-shaped :: Strapple (v. t.) To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle..

Opinative :: Opinative (a.) Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated.

Shamble :: Shamble (n.) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level..

Hawk :: Hawk (n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar..

Inclasp :: Inclasp (v. t.) To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle.

Bowl :: Bowl (n.) The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

Governing :: Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state..

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.

Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc..

Farm :: Farm (a. & n.) The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.

Straddling :: Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a put and a call, i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities..

Heretic :: Heretic (n.) One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.

Bondholder :: Bondholder (n.) A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.

Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors..

Waldensian :: Waldensian (n.) One Holding the Waldensian doctrines.

Tenure :: Tenure (n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

Assize :: Assize (n.) The time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes..

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