Search the Dictionary

e side of a drum. The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that. Derham.

An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.

That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.

The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.

To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.

To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.

A clasp in the arms; embrace. Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney.

One guilty of embracery.

One who embraces.

An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

Embracery. [Obs.]

To brace again. Gray.

To embrace again.

Armor for the upper part of the arm. Fairholt.

A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.

To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. Spenser.

To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. Cowper.

The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.

Armor for the arm; vambrace. Milton.