BRACK'ET, [Heb. to bend the knee; hence it signifies the knee.] 1. Among workers in timber, an angular wooden stay, in form of the knee bent, to support shelves, scaffolds and the like. 2. The cheek of a mortar carriage, made of strong plank. 3. In printing, hooks; thus, [].
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