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

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

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

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

Brake :: Brake () of Brea.

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..

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 () imp. of Break.

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

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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

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

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

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

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..

Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

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