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A fern; bracken.
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A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
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A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
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A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
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A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
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To bruise and crush; to knead
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The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough
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To pulverise with a harrow
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An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
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The handle of a pump.
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A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
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She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.
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A baker's kneading trough.
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A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
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That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
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To operate (a) brake(s).
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To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
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A cage.
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A type of torture instrument.