Definition of gear

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Gear (v. t.) To provide with gearing.

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Gear :: Gear (n.) See 1st Jeer (b).
Hound :: Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Gear :: Gear (v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear..
Gear :: Gear (n.) Business matters; affairs; concern.
Cogwheel :: Cogwheel (n.) A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
Rock Shaft :: Rock shaft () A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft..
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..
Headgear :: Headgear (n.) Headdress.
Headgear :: Headgear (n.) Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.
Odontograph :: Odontograph (n.) An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.
Head Gear :: Head gear (n.) Alt. of Headgea.
Ungear :: Ungear (v. t.) To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
Crab :: Crab (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc..
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..
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Gear :: Gear (n.) Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
Gear :: Gear (n.) Goods; property; household stuff.
Gere :: Gere (n.) Gear.
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..
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