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▸ noun:  (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
▸ noun:  A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
▸ noun:  That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
▸ noun:  A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
▸ noun:  A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
▸ noun:  The state of being braced or tight; tension.
▸ noun:  Harness; warlike preparation.
▸ noun:  (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
▸ noun:  (plural brace) A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
▸ noun:  (British, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
▸ noun:  (British, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
▸ noun:  (plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
▸ noun:  (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
▸ verb:  To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
▸ verb:  (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
▸ verb:  To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
▸ verb:  To confront with questions, demands or requests.
▸ verb:  To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
▸ verb:  To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
▸ verb:  To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
▸ noun:  A surname from Old French.

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