Pedal that stops a car
Publish date: 2024-05-03
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• | 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. |
• | A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes. |
• | An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. |
• | An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. |
• | A baker's kneading though. |
• | A sharp bit or snaffle. |
• | A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. |
• | That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. |
• | An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. |
• | A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. |
• | 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. |
• | 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. |
• | A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. |
• | An ancient instrument of torture. |
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