bracket vs buckram

bracket

verb
  • To support by means of mechanical brackets. 

  • To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets. 

  • To set aside, discount, ignore. 

  • To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit. 

  • To place in the same category. 

  • To enclose in typographical brackets. 

  • In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience. 

  • To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained. 

  • To mark distinctly for special treatment. 

noun
  • The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions. 

  • "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names. 

  • One of several ranges of numbers. 

  • The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter. 

  • A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range. 

  • A printed diagram of games in a tournament. 

  • A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes. 

  • Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part. 

  • A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. 

  • "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation. 

  • Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately. 

  • A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf. 

buckram

verb
  • To stiffen with or as if with buckram. 

noun
  • A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise. 

  • A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic. 

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