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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Main-brace Splice the main-brace, in sea language, means to take a draught of strong drink to keep the spirits up, and give strength for extra exertion. The main-brace is the rope by which the mainyard of a ship is set in position, and to splice it, in a literal sense, when the rope is broken or injured, is to join the two ends together again. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Date "MAIN-BRACE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
Crosswords: MAIN-BRACE |
| English words defined with "MAIN-BRACE": Bumkin. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "MAIN-BRACE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | kiadja a szeszadagot (to splice the main-brace), iszik egyet (have a booze, have a drink, to splice the main-brace), extra rumadagot oszt (to splice the main-brace). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ain-bracemay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: amberina, ambiance, carabine. | |
-2 letters: acarine, anaemic, carabin, carbine, carinae, carmine, macaber, macabre. | |
-3 letters: acinar, airman, airmen, ambari, ameban, amebic, anemia, anemic, arabic, arcane, arnica, barman, barmen, barmie, cabman, cabmen, caiman, camber, cambia, camera, caribe, carina, carman, carmen, carnie, cinema, crambe, crania, iceman, maniac, marina, marine, mincer, remain. | |
-4 letters: abaci, abeam, acari, acerb, aecia, aimer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-m-n-r" | |
+2 letters: chamberlain. | |
+3 letters: cabinetmaker, chamberlains, incomparable, microbalance. | |
+4 letters: cabinetmakers, lamellibranch, microbalances, rhabdomancies, unreclaimable. | |
+5 letters: cyanobacterium, lamellibranchs, sabermetrician. | |
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