Definition of gear

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Gear (n.) See 1st Jeer (b).

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Odontograph :: Odontograph (n.) An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.
Drawrod :: Drawrod (n.) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train..
Crab :: Crab (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc..
Gearing :: Gearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gea.
Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
Rig :: Rig (v. t.) To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..
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..
Gearing :: Gearing (n.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery..
Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..
Gear :: Gear (n.) Goods; property; household stuff.
Segment :: Segment (n.) A segment gear.
Dent :: Dent (n.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc..
Gear :: Gear (n.) Manner; custom; behavior.
Drawgear :: Drawgear (n.) A harness for draught horses.
Gear :: Gear (v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear..
Link Motion :: Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines..
Gear :: Gear (n.) The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
Gear :: Gear (n.) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear..
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part..
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