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Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

Bridle :: Bridle (n.) The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages..

Drawrod :: Drawrod (n.) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..

Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Ungear :: Ungear (v. t.) To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.

Hound :: Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

Gear :: Gear (n.) The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

Millwork :: Millwork (n.) The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills..

Cogwheel :: Cogwheel (n.) A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc..

Gear :: Gear (n.) Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.

Headgear :: Headgear (n.) Headdress.

Unharness :: Unharness (v. t.) To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen..

Rig :: Rig (v. t.) To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.

Driver :: Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:.

Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch..

Gear :: Gear (n.) Manner; custom; behavior.

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..

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