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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Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.
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 (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 baker's kneading though.
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.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
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 cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..
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..
Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.
Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Brake :: Brake () of Brea.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.
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