Definition of brace

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Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..

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Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building..
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword..
Sector :: Sector (n.) An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector..
Inspectorship :: Inspectorship (n.) The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.
Coll :: Coll (v. t.) To embrace.
Sankha :: Sankha (n.) A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell..
Rebrace :: Rebrace (v. t.) To brace again.
Counter Brace :: Counter brace () A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum..
Abox :: Abox (adv. & a.) Braced aback.
Embracement :: Embracement (n.) A clasp in the arms; embrace.
Rerebrace :: Rerebrace (n.) Armor for the upper part of the arm.
Heartstring :: Heartstring (n.) A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart..
Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..
Couple :: Couple (a.) Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.
Comply :: Comply (v. i.) To infold; to embrace.
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace..
Fold :: Fold (v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace..
Effect :: Effect (n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects..
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