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

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

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..

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.) An ancient instrument of torture.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..

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

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