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Definition of brake

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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..

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

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

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..

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

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

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

Brake :: Brake () of Brea.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..

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