Brake
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): of Break
(2): (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.
(3): (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
(4): imp. of Break.
(5): (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.
(6): (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
(7): (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
(8): (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
(9): (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
(10): (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
(11): (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
(12): (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
(13): (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.
(14): (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.
(15): (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.
(16): (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
King James Dictionary [2]
Brake, pp. of break. See Break.
Brake, n. L. erica Gr. to break.
1. Brake is a name given to fern, or rather to the female fern, a species of cryptogamian plants, of the genus Pteris, whose fructification is in lines under the margin of the leaf or frond. 2. A place overgrown with brake. 3. A thicket a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles. 4. In the U. States, a thicket of canes, as a cane-brake but I believe used only in composition.
Brake, n. See Break. An instrument to break flax or hemp.
1. The handle or lever by which a pump is worked that is, brac, brachium, an arm. 2. A baker's kneading trough. 3. A sharp bit, or snaffle. 4. A machine for confining refractory horses, while the smith is shoeing them. 5. That part of the carriage of a movable battery or engine which enables it to turn. 6. A large heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing called also a drag.
