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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..

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

Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

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

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

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..

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

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..

Brake :: Brake () of Brea.

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

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

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