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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Handwheel :: Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..

Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..

Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake..

Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

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