·add. ·- A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant;
— called also change-speed gear.
·vt Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. II. Change ·vt A public house; an <<Alehouse>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In warrantry, is the voluntary substitution of a different voyage for a merchant ship than the one o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun ·see 1st Jeer (b). II. Gear ·noun Warlike accouterments. III. Gear ·noun Manner; custom; beh...
[the Anglo-Saxon geara, clothing]. A general name for the rigging of any particular spar or sail; ...
·add. ·- A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; — distinguished from a master key. ...
South out of Cornhill at Nos. 23 and 28 to Lombard Street, with a passage east to Birchin Lane (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
South out of Cheapside, at No.10, to Knightrider Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within,...
·- A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their t...
·add. ·- A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise. ...
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>. ...
·add. ·- A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferential grooves. ...
A term denoting the ropes, blocks, &c., belonging to the bowsprit. ...
Mats, sinnet, spun-yarn, strands, battens, scotchmen, and the like. ...
Everything pertaining to its handling. ...
A term implying any materials requisite for fitting or repairing the pumps, as boxes, leather, &c. ...
North out of Queen Victoria Street at No.120 (P.O. Directory). Formerly part of Lambeth Hill. Name...
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·add. ·- A steering gear, ·esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they str...
This is said when the gab of the eccentric rod is allowed to fall upon its stud on the gab-lever. ...
Disconnecting the eccentric rod from the gab-lever. ...