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 |
Rail
(n.) An outer cloak or covering |
Rail
(v. i.) To flow forth |
Rail
(n.) A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc. |
Rail
(n.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style. |
Rail
(n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc. |
Rail
(n.) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks. |
Rail
(n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed. |
Rail
(v. t.) To inclose with rails or a railing. |
Rail
(v. t.) To range in a line. |
Rail
(v.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds. |
Rail
(v. i.) To use insolent and reproachful language |
Rail
(v. t.) To rail at. |
Rail
(v. t.) To move or influence by railing. |
T rail
() See under T. |
Water rail
() Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail. |
rail technology
railroading | the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads |
| rail | any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud |
corncrake
land rail
Crex crex | common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| fife rail | the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel |
| 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 |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
| picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
| plate rail | rail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates |
| 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 |
| rail | a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) |
| rail | short for railway, he traveled by rail, he was concerned with rail safety |
| rail fence | a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) |
railing
rail | a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports |
safety rail
guardrail | a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety |
| shooting brake | another name for a station wagon |
split rail
fence rail | a rail that is split from a log |
| third rail | a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive |
towel rail
towel bar | a horizontal bar a few inches from a wall for holding towels |
track rail rails
runway | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll |
| stoplight brake light | a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop |
| brake failure | brakes fail to stop a vehicle |
| brake | an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant |
rail-splitter
splitter | a laborer who splits logs to build splitail fences |
rock polypody
rock brake American wall fern
Polypodium virgianum | chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia |
bracken pasture brake
brake Pteridium aquilinum | large coarse fern often several feet high, essentially weed ferns, cosmopolitan |
Christmas fern
canker brake
dagger fern
evergreen wood fern Polystichum acrostichoides | North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds |
| rock brake | dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns |
American rock brake
American parsley fern
Cryptogramma acrostichoides | rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley |
cliff brake
cliff-brake
rock brake | any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions |
purple rock brake
Pellaea atropurpurea | very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes |
| brake | any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants |
spider brake
spider fern Pteris multifida | Asiatic fern introduced in America |
fulminate
rail | criticize severely, He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare, She railed against the bad social policies |