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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.

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