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Bracket [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. BRACK'ET , [Heb. to bend the knee; hence it signifies the knee.]

2. Among workers in timber, an angular wooden stay, in form of the knee bent, to support shelves, scaffolds and the like.

3. The cheek of a mortar carriage, made of strong plank.

4. In printing, hooks; thus, [].

Bracket [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.

2. A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.

3. A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

4. The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.

5. One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.

6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.

Bracket [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

Bracketed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bracketing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.

Bracketing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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