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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
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1828 Definition
BRAKE, pp. of break. [See Break.]
BRAKE, n. [L. erica; Gr. to break.]
BRAKE, n. [See Break.] An instrument to break flax or hemp.
1913 Definition
[Arhaic] Tennyson. 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.
Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for
stone. Cane brake, a thicket of canes. See Canebrake. 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.
Johnson. A sharp bit or snaffle.
Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor
bit. A frame for confining a refractory horse while
the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses,
etc.
A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of
his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. 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.
Holinshed.
Air brake. See Air brake, in the
Vocabulary. -- Brake beam or Brake
bar, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite
wheels. -- Brake block. | ||||||||
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History of the United States :: 1832
The first vision, Vision::Reprint, has an intent to make a modern printing of the first dictionary of the American language available to the public for under $25. To accomplish this, several tasks are being considered. The first task, Task::Access, involves the digitizing of the original 1828 dictionary. The dictionary is available in microfilm (American Culture Series, Reel 335.6-336.1, Michigan University Microfilms) at many universities. To digitize the microfilm as a batch process requires a special scanner.
