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Bracket :: Bracket (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office..

Racquet :: Racquet (n.) See Racket.

Parathesis :: Parathesis (n.) The matter contained within brackets.

Bracketing :: Bracketing (n.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively..

Racket :: Racket (v. t.) To strike with, or as with, a racket..

Modillion :: Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances..

Racket-tail :: Racket-tail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped..

Console :: Console (n.) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.

Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like..

Bracketing :: Bracketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bracke.

Rackett :: Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys..

Tennis :: Tennis (n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall..

Racketing :: Racketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Racke.

Racket-tailed :: Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers..

Motmot :: Motmot (n.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2..

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like..

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