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heave to and splice the main brace	'Heave to and splice the main brace!' An old salt's invitation to shipmates in a shore side pub to drink-up and be merry!	Rate it: (1.50 / 2 votes)
heave to and splice the main brace	Marlinspike Era sailors expression: relative to his upcoming Liberty Ashore and His Activity; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He Proclaimed.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
brace aback	to bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the ship	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace about	to brace the ship's yards on the opposite tack when going about	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace abox	To bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace by	to bring the yards in opposite directions on different masts when doing certain maneuvers	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace in	to bring the yards more square to the fore and aft line	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace of shakes	A very short time.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace of shakes	The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace up	To become more optimistic	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace up	To strengthen oneself, become stronger or more resilient.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dalla padella alla brace	out of the frying pan, into the fire	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
attacher sa tuque	To brace oneself; to get ready.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
proverbs come in pairs	Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)