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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

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

Brake :: Brake () of Brea.

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

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

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

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

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

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