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

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

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

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

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

Nest :: Nest (n.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively..

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

Trim :: Trim (n.) Dress; gear; ornaments.

Engage :: Engage (v. i.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together..

Crab :: Crab (a.) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..

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..

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..

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

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..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons..

Gear :: Gear (v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear..

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

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

Interdental :: Interdental (a.) Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel..

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..

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