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Brake :: Brake () of Brea.

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 () imp. of Break.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..

Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

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

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..

Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..

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..

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..

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

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

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

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.

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

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

Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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