Definition of brake

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

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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 (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..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
Brake :: Brake () of Brea.
Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
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 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..
Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.
Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.
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.) A baker's kneading though.
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