Definition of brace

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Brace (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum..

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Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier..
Magged :: Magged (a.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace..
Vantbrace :: Vantbrace (n.) Alt. of Vantbras.
Encyclopedist :: Encyclopedist (n.) The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences..
Hugger :: Hugger (n.) One who hugs or embraces.
Forebrace :: Forebrace (n.) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail..
Beclip :: Beclip (v. t.) To embrace; to surround.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Footboard :: Footboard (n.) A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his fee.
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass..
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..
Butting Joint :: Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint..
Neophyte :: Neophyte (n.) A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..
Wimble :: Wimble (n.) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..
Heartstring :: Heartstring (n.) A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart..
Interlock :: Interlock (v. i.) To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly..
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand..
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