Definition of brace

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Brace (v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.

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Bracelet :: Bracelet (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..
Round :: Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair..
Twine :: Twine (n.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
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..
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..
Comprehend :: Comprehend (v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire..
Prospect :: Prospect (v.) That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Clip :: Clip (n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak..
Armlet :: Armlet (n.) An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.
Clasp :: Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building..
Topgallant :: Topgallant (a.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship..
Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc..
Suspensation :: Suspender (n.) One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers..
Underbrace :: Underbrace (v. t.) To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below..
Studded :: Stud (n.) An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
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