Part 1344

<p><b>9.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>An ancient instrument of torture.</def>

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<cs><col>Air brake</col>. <cd>See <er>Air brake</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Brake beam</col> &or; <col>Brake bar</col></mcol>, <cd>the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels.</cd> -- <col>Brake block</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The part of a brake holding the brake shoe.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A brake shoe.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Brake shoe</col> or <col>Brake rubber</col></mcol>, <cd>the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs.</cd> -- <col>Brake wheel</col>, <cd>a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated.</cd> -- <col>Continuous brake</col> . <cd>See under <er>Continuous</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brakeman</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Brake"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Brakemen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Railroads)</fld> <def>A man in charge of a brake or brakes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.</def>

<h1>Braky</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Brak"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny.</def>

<blockquote>In the woods and <b>braky</b> glens. <i>W. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brama</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bra"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Brahma</er>.</def>

<h1>Bramah press</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bra"mah press`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph <i>Bramah</i> of London. See under <er>Hydrostatic</er>.</def>

<h1>Bramble</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bram"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brembil</ets>, AS.<ets>br</ets><?/mbel, br<?/mbel (akin to OHG. <ets>bramal</ets>), fr. the same root as E. <ets>broom</ets>, As. <ets>br<?/m</ets>. See <er>Broom</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the genus <spn>Rubus</spn>, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.</def>

<blockquote>The thorny <b>brambles</b>, and embracing bushes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The brambling or bramble finch.</def>

<h1>Bramble bush</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bram"ble bush`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.</def>

<blockquote>He jumped into a <b>bramble bush</b> And scratched out both his eyes. <i>Mother Goose.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brambled</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bram"bled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Overgrown with brambles.</def>

<blockquote>Forlorn she sits upon the <b>brambled</b> floor. <i>T. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bramble net</h1> <Xpage=175>