n. 1. 1 the family of trees including the maples.
Syn. -- family Aceraceae, maple family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + grace: cf. It. aggraziare, LL. aggratiare. See Grace. ] To favor; to grace. [ Obs. ] “That knight so much aggraced.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grace; favor. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Aggrace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrax coal. ] (Chem.) A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [ Written also anthracin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A heavy green oil (partially solidifying on cooling), which distills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270°. It is the principal source of anthracene. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ OE. aracen, arasen, OF. arachier, esracier, F. arracher, fr. L. exradicare, eradicare. The prefix a- is perh. due to L. ab. See Eradicate. ] To tear up by the roots; to draw away. [ Obs. ] Wyatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arum a genus of plants, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 abounding in trees. an arboraceous landscape
Syn. -- arboreous, woodsy, woody. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a family of plants with heads composed of many florets, including the aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia.
Syn. -- Compositae, family Compositae, family Asteraceae, aster family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bon good + grâce grace, charm. ] A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. brace, brasse, the two arms, embrace, fathom, F. brasse fathom, fr. L. bracchia the arms (stretched out), pl. of bracchium arm; cf. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being braced or tight; tension. [ 1913 Webster ]

The laxness of the tympanum, when it has lost its brace or tension. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch. & Engin.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Print.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mech.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt. “A brace of greyhounds.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is said to have shot . . . fifty brace of pheasants. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brace of brethren, both bishops, both eminent for learning and religion, now appeared in the church. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

But you, my brace of lords. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. pl. Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. [ 1913 Webster ]

I embroidered for you a beautiful pair of braces. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Harness; warlike preparation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For that it stands not in such warlike brace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. Armor for the arm; vantbrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. (Mining) The mouth of a shaft. [ Cornwall ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Angle brace. See under Angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Braced p. pr. & vb. n. Bracing. ] 1. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

And welcome war to brace her drums. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The women of China, by bracing and binding them from their infancy, have very little feet. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some who spurs had first braced on. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards. [ 1913 Webster ]

To brace about (Naut.), to turn (a yard) round for the contrary tack. --
To brace a yard (Naut.), to move it horizontally by means of a brace. --
To brace in (Naut.), to turn (a yard) by hauling in the weather brace. --
To brace one's self, to call up one's energies. “He braced himself for an effort which he was little able to make.” J. D. Forbes. --
To brace to (Naut.), to turn (a yard) by checking or easing off the lee brace, and hauling in the weather one, to assist in tacking. --
To brace up (Naut.), to bring (a yard) nearer the direction of the keel by hauling in the lee brace. --
To brace up sharp (Naut.), to turn (a yard) as far forward as the rigging will permit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. held up by braces or buttresses.
Syn. -- buttressed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bracelet, dim. of OF. bracel armlet, prop. little arm, dim. of bras arm, fr. L. bracchium. See Brace, n. ] 1. An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of defensive armor for the arm. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The Malay or Polynesian race; -- loosely so called. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a natural family of resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees.
Syn. -- family Burseraceae, torchwood family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. butyrum butter. See Butter. ] Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cera wax. ] Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Chicory. ] Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cineraceus, fr. cinis ashes. ] Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a antural family of fleshy stinkhornlike fungi.
Syn. -- family Clathraceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the intentional prevention of conception or impregnation, especially when accomplished by the use of contraceptive medications or devices; a form of birth control. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. capable of preventing conception or impregnation; as, contraceptive devices and medications.
Syn. -- prophylactic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a substance or device used to prevent conception.
Syn. -- preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, prophylactic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Corporas. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. (Naut.) To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Engin.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Naut.) The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Engin.) A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In a quadrilateral system of bracing, the main brace is usually in the direction of one diagonal, and the counter brace in the direction of the other. Strains in counter braces are occasioned by the live load only, as, in a roof, by the wind, or, in a bridge, by a moving train. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cylyndracé ] Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. disgrâce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + grâce. See Grace. ] 1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tumble down thy husband and thyself
From top of honor to disgrace's feet? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. Bacon.

Syn. -- Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgraced p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing ] [ Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n. ] 1. To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. [ 1913 Webster ]

The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. Spenser.

Syn. -- To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. suffering shame or dishonor.
Syn. -- discredited, dishonored, shamed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disgraces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs.
Syn. -- family Droseraceae, sundew family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t. ] To fasten on, as armor. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embraced p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing ] [ OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n. ] 1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will embrace him with a soldier's arm,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. “I embrace these conditions.” “You embrace the occasion.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What is there that he may not embrace for truth? Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed,
Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not that my song, in such a scanty space,
So large a subject fully can embrace. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. “I embrace this fortune patiently.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.

Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise; comprehend; contain; involve; imply. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To join in an embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. [ 1913 Webster ]

We stood tranced in long embraces,
Mixed with kisses. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embrassement. ] 1. A clasp in the arms; embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Willing acceptance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One guilty of embracery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embraces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of heathlike shrubs including the crowberry (Empetrum nigrum).
Syn. -- family Empetraceae, crowberry family. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + race lineage. ] To enroot; to implant. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]