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• brace

  bracē, ēs (acc. -em), f., a Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn , acc. to Hard. blé bl...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Brace

  ·noun The mouth of a shaft. II. Brace ·noun Harness; warlike preparation. III. Brace ·noun Armor f...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• brace

  The Brace tavern; a room in the S.E. corner of the King's Bench, where, for the convenience of priso...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• brace

  The braces are ropes belonging to all the yards of a ship; two to each yard, rove through blocks tha...

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• Main

  ·adj Vast; huge. II. Main ·noun A main-hamper. III. Main ·adj Important; necessary. IV. Main ·nou...

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• main

  very; main good, very good. Also the chief; madam's the main, i. e. madam is the chief or ruler. C. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• main

  A continent or mainland. Also, figuratively, the ocean. ...

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• splice the main brace

  In nautical parlance, to serve out an extra allowance of grog in bad weather or after severe exertio...

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• Counter brace

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

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• Thorough-brace

  ·noun A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a sp...

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• brace aback

  To brace the yards in, so as to lay the sails aback. ♦ To brace about, to turn the yards round for...

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• brace pendants

  Are lengths of rope, or now more generally chain, into which the yard-arm brace-blocks are spliced. ...

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• garde-brace

  Anglo-Norman for armour for the arm. ...

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• heel-brace

  A piece of iron-work applicable to the lower part of a rudder, in case of casualty to the lower pint...

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• Main yard

  ·- The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast. ...

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• Main-gauche

  ·noun The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; — used to parry thru...

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• Main-hamper

  ·noun A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press. ...

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• Main-sail

  (Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," ...

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• main-body

  The body of troops that marches between the advance-guard and the rear-guard of an army. ...

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• main-boom

  The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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• main-breadth

  The broadest part of a ship at any particular timber or frame, distinguished by upper and lower heig...

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• main-capstan

  The after one, as distinguished from the jeer-capstan. ...

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• main-course

  The main-sail. ...

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• main-guard

  The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place. ...

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• main-hold

  That part of a ship's hold which lies near the main-hatch. ...

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• main-ice

  A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...

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• main-jeers

  Jeers for swaying up the main-yard. ...

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• main-keel

  The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson. ...

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• main-piece

  The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...

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• main-post

  The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post. ...

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• main-sail

  This, in a square-rigged vessel, is distinguished by the so-termed square main-sail; in a fore-and-a...

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• main-shaft

  The principal shaft in machinery. ...

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• main-spring

  The source of continuous motion in a time-keeper. Also, that part of a musket-lock which is sunk int...

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• main-staysail

  A storm-sail set between the fore and main masts. ...

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• main-tackle

  A large and strong tackle, hooked occasionally upon the main pendant, and used for various purposes,...

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• main-transom

  A term often applied to the wing-transom (which see). ...

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• main-wales

  The lower wales, which are generally placed on the lower breadth, and so that the main-deck knee-bol...

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• boom-brace pendant

  A rope attached to the extremity of a studding-sail boom, and leading down on deck; it is used to co...

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• brace of shakes

  A moment: taken from the flapping of a sail. I will be with you before it shakes thrice. ...

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• counter-brace, to

  Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...

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• coup de main

  A sudden and vigorous attack. ...

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• main royal-mast

  That above the main topgallant-mast. ...

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• main-sail haul!

  The order given to haul the after-yards round when the ship is nearly head to wind in tacking. ...

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• main-tack block

  A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to. ...

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• main-tackle pendant

  A stout piece of rope with a hook in one end, and a thimble in the other, sometimes used for hauling...

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• main-top bowline

  The bowline of the main-topsail. It is used to haul the weather-leech forward when on a wind, which ...

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• main-topsail haul!

  The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...

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• main-yard men

  Those in the doctor's list. ...

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• square main-sail

  See main-sail. ...

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• fill the main-yard

  An order well understood to mean, fill the main-topsail, after it has been aback, or the ship hove-t...

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• brace up and haul aft!

  The order usually given after being hove-to, with fore or main top-sail square or aback, and jib-she...

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• stretch along a brace, to

  To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it. ...

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• main-piece of the rudder

  The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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• mate of the main-deck

  The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...

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• stay-tackles, fore and main

  Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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• as deaf as the main-mast

  Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...

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• haul aboard the fore and main tacks

  This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side. ...

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