Definition of brake

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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.

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Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..
Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.
Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.
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..
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
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