Definition of brake

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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.

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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.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..
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.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
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..
Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Brake :: Brake () of Brea.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
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 cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
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..
Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.
Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.
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.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
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