Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air. |
Brake () imp. of Break. |
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 (n.) A thicket |
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. |
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 (v. t.) A baker's kneading though. |
Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle. |
Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him |
Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. |
Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. |
Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing |
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 (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 |
Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. |
Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture. |
Brake () of Break |
Crown side () See Crown office. |
Pull (v. t.) To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one |
Pull (v. t.) To draw apart |
Pull (v. t.) To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one |
Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one |
Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning |
Pull (v. t.) To take or make, as a proof or impression |
Pull (v. t.) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8. |
Pull (v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling |
Pull (n.) The act of pulling or drawing with force |
Pull (n.) A contest |
Pull (n.) A pluck |
Pull (n.) A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled |
Pull (n.) The act of rowing |
Pull (n.) The act of drinking |
Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest |
Pull (n.) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. |
Side (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface |
Side (n.) Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest |
Side (n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane |
Side (n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body |
Side (n.) A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge. |
Side (n.) The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe |
Side (n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. |
Side (n.) Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other |
Side (a.) Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides |
Side (a.) Hence, indirect |
Side (n.) Long |
Side (v. i.) To lean on one side. |
Side (v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party |
Side (v. t.) To be or stand at the side of |
Side (v. t.) To suit |
Side (v. t.) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. |
pull pulling | the act of pulling, applying force to move something toward or with you, the pull up the hill had him breathing harder, his strenuous pulling strained his back |
leg-pull leg-pulling | as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true |
pull | a sustained effort, it was a long pull but we made it |
pull-up chin-up | an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar |
puff drag pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke), he took a puff on his pipe, he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly |
side-glance side-look | a glance sideways, she shot him an impatient side-glance |
side-blotched lizard sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
airbrake dive brake | a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft |
brake | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle |
brake | anything that slows or hinders a process, she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage, new legislation will put the brakes on spending |
brake band | a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation |
brake cylinder hydraulic brake cylinder master cylinder | a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston |
brake disk | a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel, pressure is applied to it by the brake pads |
brake drum drum | a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
brake lining | the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum |
brake pad | one of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk |
brake pedal | foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder |
brake shoe shoe skid | a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation |
brake system brakes | a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle |
caliper calliper | an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural) |
coaster brake | a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals |
disk brake disc brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads |
drum brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe |
foot brake | hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal |
hand brake emergency emergency brake parking brake | a brake operated by hand, usually operates by mechanical linkage |
hydraulic brake hydraulic brakes | brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder, brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes |
inside caliper | caliper for measuring inside dimensions (the size of a cavity or hole), points on its legs curve outward |
micrometer micrometer gauge micrometer caliper | caliper for measuring small distances |
odd-leg caliper | caliper having the points on its legs both curve in the same direction |
outside caliper | caliper for measuring outside dimensions, points on its legs curve inward |
pistol handgun side arm shooting iron | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
pommel horse side horse | a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center, held upright by two steel supports, one at each end |
power brake | a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle |
pull | a device used for pulling something, he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer |
pull chain | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet) |
pull-in pull-up | a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers |
pull-off rest area rest stop layby lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
pull-through | cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight, is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it |
shooting brake | another name for a station wagon |
side | an extended outer surface of an object, he turned the box over to examine the bottom side, they painted all four sides of the house |
side chapel | a small chapel off the side aisle of a church |
side door side entrance | an exterior door at one side of a building |
side pocket | a pocket on the side of a billiard table |
side road | a minor road branching off of a main road |
side street | a street intersecting a main street and terminating there |
side-wheeler | a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side |
side yard | the grounds at either side of a house |
snare drum snare side drum | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
straight chair side chair | a straight-backed chair without arms |
vernier caliper vernier micrometer | a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements |