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The main brace on a sailing ship handled the main yard carrying the primary sail. If the brace gave out during a storm, a splice was the fastest way repair it. The best mariners on board were sought out for this difficult task. They were then rewarded with an extra ration of rum for splicing the main brace. The term has since come to mean a special issue of spirits to the crew.
Bracelets is slang for handcuffs.
Tits (breasts). Blimey - what a brace!
n braces. {these things}. This is just one small part of a whole category of cross-continental disasters – see “square brackets”.
Braces and bits is London Cockney rhyming slang for breasts (tits).
Belt and braces man is slang for an overly cautious person.
Belt and braces is London Cockney rhyming slang for races.
Rude name for someone wearing braces on their teeth cf. tin-grin, metal-mouth.
Brace of horned corns is Black−American slang for aching feet
Brace is American slang for accost.
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v. t.
To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.
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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The state of being braced or tight; tension.
n.
A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.
n.
A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell.
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To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
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A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf].
v. t.
To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below.
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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.
v. t.
To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.
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The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
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To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.
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A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
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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.
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That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
v. t.
To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.
n.
A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
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