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

Drawgear :: Drawgear (n.) The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.

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..

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:.

Segment :: Segment (n.) A segment gear.

Gear :: Gear (n.) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear..

Cog :: Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel..

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

Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..

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

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 (v. t.) To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

Dashpot :: Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock..

Gear :: Gear (n.) Business matters; affairs; concern.

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.) Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.

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

Headgear :: Headgear (n.) Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.

Jeer :: Jeer (n.) A gear; a tackle.

Rombowline :: Rombowline (n.) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear..

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