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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.

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

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 (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.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

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

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..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..

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

Handwheel :: Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted..

Brake :: Brake () of Brea.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

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