Bracketing \Brack"et*ing\, n. (Arch.)
   A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
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	Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bracketed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Bracketing]
   1. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to
      furnish with brackets.
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   2. (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an
      object).
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]