Definition of brace

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Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

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Colling :: Colling (v. t.) An embrace; dalliance.
Embracer :: Embracer (n.) One who embraces.
Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Seljukian :: Seljukian (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century..
Press :: Press (v.) To embrace closely; to hug.
Epitasis :: Epitasis (n.) That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis..
Portal :: Portal (n.) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces..
Programme :: Programme (n.) That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch..
Bracing :: Bracing (n.) The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced..
Legatura :: Legatura (n.) A tie or brace; a syncopation.
Pointer :: Pointer (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
Sankha :: Sankha (n.) A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell..
Embrace :: Embrace (v. i.) To join in an embrace.
Clasp :: Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand..
Squared :: Square (a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced..
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Toed :: Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..
Pentamera :: Pentamera (n. pl.) An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera..
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