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

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

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.

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

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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

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.) 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 () of Brea.

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.) 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 frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..

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..

Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..

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

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

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

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