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Dent :: Dent (n.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc..

Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..

Hound :: Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..

Head Gear :: Head gear (n.) Alt. of Headgea.

Trim :: Trim (n.) Dress; gear; ornaments.

Nest :: Nest (n.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively..

Drawrod :: Drawrod (n.) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train..

Geering :: Geering () See Gear, Gearing..

Cog :: Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel..

Headgear :: Headgear (n.) Headdress.

Drawgear :: Drawgear (n.) The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.

Worm :: Worm (n.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below..

Gere :: Gere (n.) Gear.

Jeer :: Jeer (n.) A gear; a tackle.

Segment :: Segment (n.) A segment gear.

Gear :: Gear (n.) See 1st Jeer (b).

Cogwheel :: Cogwheel (n.) A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.

Link Motion :: Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines..

Gear :: Gear (v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear..

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