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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..

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

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

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

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

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..

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.

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

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

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

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.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

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

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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

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

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.

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