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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..

Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.

Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..

Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..

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