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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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