> as lemmas

to brace up

a. To ‘string up’ (nerves, sinews, etc.), give firmness or tone to; also passive (without up), to feel encouraged, to be ‘bucked’. So also to brace up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > bring into good condition

season1601

brace1736

fine1835

tonify1858

tonicize1884

1736 T. Gray Statius in Corr. May (1971) I. 42 His vigorous arm he try'd..Brac'd all his nerves, and every sinew strung.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 66 Medicines, to brace and wind up the Stomach.

c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies ix. 14 They gave you toils, but toils your sinews brace.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. iii. 40 Would to Heaven his nerves had been as braced up as his face.

1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 56 Winter which nips can also brace.

1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 219 Zac and I are going to the seaside to be ‘braced up’.

1915 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 78 The C.O. was awfully braced.

extracted from bracev.¹

to brace up

c. intransitive. to brace up: to brace oneself; to pull oneself together for an effort; also, to take a drink for this purpose. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > prepare for an effort

bracea1500

to gird (up) the loins1526

to brace up1809

1809 Deb. Congress 20 Jan. 1148 We have been..bracing up; we have had plenty of good wine.

1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 354 If the stomach be foul..take an emetic, and then brace up with bark.

1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 62 He braces up for the occasion.

1856 E. G. Parker 4 July Orat. (Boston) 7 We may brace up for one day.

1888 Texas Siftings 18 Aug. (Farmer) Let's go over to the saloon and brace up with a snifter.

1893 Strand Mag. 6 216/1 At the end of the week she braced up again and soon got over her passion.

1896 G. Ade Artie x. 88 W'y, you big stiff, brace up and get through with it before you go daffy.

a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Myst. Stranger (1916) 130 All that was needed..was that Wilhelm should brace up and do something that should cause favorable talk.

1958 M. Dickens Man Overboard ix. 145 Don't make a scene, Mum... Brace up.

extracted from bracev.¹

brace up

a. transitive. To move or turn (a sail) by means of braces. Hence, with various adverbs and prepositions, as brace aback, to draw (the yards) in, so as to lay the sails aback; brace about, brace abox (see quots.); brace by, to brace (the yards) in contrary directions on the different masts; brace in, to lay (the yards) less obliquely athwartships; brace round = brace about; brace sharp (see quot.); brace to, to ease the lee- and draw in (the weather-braces) so as to assist in tacking; brace up, to put (the yards) into a more oblique position. Also absol. in preceding uses.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > by means of braces

brace1669

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 16 Breace the Foresail..to the Mast.

1675 London Gaz. No. 3073/3 He Braced to and fell a-stern.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 427 Brace the foremost yards aback.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Brasser sous le vent, to brace to leeward, or brace-up the yards.

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 137 The yards [were] braced by.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 66 Her yards were braced sharp up.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 127 To brace about, to turn the yards round for the contrary tack. To brace abox, a manœuvre to insure casting the right way, by bracing the head-yards flat aback (not square). To brace sharp, to cause the yards to have the smallest possible angle with the keel, for the ship to have head-way.

extracted from bracev.³

as lemmas

单词	brace up
释义	> as lemmas to brace up a. To ‘string up’ (nerves, sinews, etc.), give firmness or tone to; also passive (without up), to feel encouraged, to be ‘bucked’. So also to brace up. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > bring into good condition season1601 brace1736 fine1835 tonify1858 tonicize1884 1736 T. Gray Statius in Corr. May (1971) I. 42 His vigorous arm he try'd..Brac'd all his nerves, and every sinew strung. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 66 Medicines, to brace and wind up the Stomach. c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies ix. 14 They gave you toils, but toils your sinews brace. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. iii. 40 Would to Heaven his nerves had been as braced up as his face. 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 56 Winter which nips can also brace. 1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 219 Zac and I are going to the seaside to be ‘braced up’. 1915 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 78 The C.O. was awfully braced. extracted from bracev.¹ to brace up c. intransitive. to brace up: to brace oneself; to pull oneself together for an effort; also, to take a drink for this purpose. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > prepare for an effort bracea1500 to gird (up) the loins1526 to brace up1809 1809 Deb. Congress 20 Jan. 1148 We have been..bracing up; we have had plenty of good wine. 1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 354 If the stomach be foul..take an emetic, and then brace up with bark. 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 62 He braces up for the occasion. 1856 E. G. Parker 4 July Orat. (Boston) 7 We may brace up for one day. 1888 Texas Siftings 18 Aug. (Farmer) Let's go over to the saloon and brace up with a snifter. 1893 Strand Mag. 6 216/1 At the end of the week she braced up again and soon got over her passion. 1896 G. Ade Artie x. 88 W'y, you big stiff, brace up and get through with it before you go daffy. a1910 ‘M. Twain’ Myst. Stranger (1916) 130 All that was needed..was that Wilhelm should brace up and do something that should cause favorable talk. 1958 M. Dickens Man Overboard ix. 145 Don't make a scene, Mum... Brace up. extracted from bracev.¹ brace up a. transitive. To move or turn (a sail) by means of braces. Hence, with various adverbs and prepositions, as brace aback, to draw (the yards) in, so as to lay the sails aback; brace about, brace abox (see quots.); brace by, to brace (the yards) in contrary directions on the different masts; brace in, to lay (the yards) less obliquely athwartships; brace round = brace about; brace sharp (see quot.); brace to, to ease the lee- and draw in (the weather-braces) so as to assist in tacking; brace up, to put (the yards) into a more oblique position. Also absol. in preceding uses. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > by means of braces brace1669 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 16 Breace the Foresail..to the Mast. 1675 London Gaz. No. 3073/3 He Braced to and fell a-stern. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 427 Brace the foremost yards aback. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Brasser sous le vent, to brace to leeward, or brace-up the yards. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 137 The yards [were] braced by. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 66 Her yards were braced sharp up. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 127 To brace about, to turn the yards round for the contrary tack. To brace abox, a manœuvre to insure casting the right way, by bracing the head-yards flat aback (not square). To brace sharp, to cause the yards to have the smallest possible angle with the keel, for the ship to have head-way. extracted from bracev.³ < as lemmas
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