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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..

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

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

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

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..

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.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

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

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..

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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..

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

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

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

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

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

Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..

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

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