Definition of brake

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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..

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Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
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 () imp. of Break.
Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..
Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
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..
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.
Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.
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..
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