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

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

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.) 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..

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

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

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..

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

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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

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

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.

Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..

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

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

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

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

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

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