To seize, as though with claws. from 14th c.
To grip or grasp tightly. from 17th c.
To hatch.
The claw of a predatory animal or bird. from 13th c.
A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. from 16th c.
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car. from 19th c.
The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
An important or critical situation.
A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. from 18th c.
A group or bunch (of people or things). from 20th c.
Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
A fern; bracken. from 14th c.
A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc. from 15th c.
A tool used for breaking flax or hemp. from 15th c.
A type of wikipedia.)
A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.
An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
The handle of a pump.
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. from 18th c.
The winch of a crossbow. 14th-19th c.
The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle
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 baker's kneading trough.
A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.
A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.
An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
A cage. 16th-17th c.
A type of torture instrument. from 16th c.
To bruise and crush; to knead
To pulverise with a harrow
To operate (a) brake(s).
To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
