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Meaning
Noun
●
An
expression
of
approval
; praise.
●
A
special
acknowledgment
; an award.
●
An
embrace
of
greeting
or salutation.
●
A
salutation
marking
the
conferring
of
knighthood
,
consisting of
an
embrace
or a
kiss
, and a
slight
blow
on the
shoulders
with the
flat
of a sword.
●
In Music:
A
brace
used to
join
two or more staves.
●
In American English:
Written
Presidential
certificate
recognizing
service
by
military
personnel
or
civilians
serving
the
US
armed
forces
who
died
or
were
wounded
in
action
between
1917
and
1918,
or
who
died
in
service
between
1941
and
1947,
or
died
of
wounds
received
in
Korea
between
June
27,
1950
and
July
27,
1954.
●
In Architecture:
An
ornament
composed
of two
ogee
curves
meeting
in the
middle
, each
concave
toward its
outer
extremity
and
convex
toward the point at which it
meets
the other.
●
Synonym of
curly
bracket
Verb
●
To
embrace
or
kiss
in salutation.
●
To
confer
a
knighthood
on.
●
To
confer
praise
or
awards
on.
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