Definition of gear

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

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Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
Gear :: Gear (n.) Manner; custom; behavior.
Gear :: Gear (n.) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe..
Jeer :: Jeer (n.) A gear; a tackle.
Headgear :: Headgear (n.) Headdress.
Odontograph :: Odontograph (n.) An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.
Gere :: Gere (n.) Gear.
Gear :: Gear (n.) See 1st Jeer (b).
Geared :: Geared (imp. & p. p.) of Gea.
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 form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..
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:.
Dent :: Dent (n.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc..
Harness :: Harness (n.) The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling..
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..
Rombowline :: Rombowline (n.) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear..
Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part..
Gear :: Gear (n.) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of 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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