Definition of brake

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Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake..

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Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.
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.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
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..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Brake :: Brake () of Brea.
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.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake..
Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.
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.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..
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