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Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle...
Change gear
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...
Clash gear
A change speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise...
Hook
A piece of metal or other hard material formed or bent into a curve or at an angle for catching holding or sustaining anything as a hook for catching fish a hook for fastening a gate a boat hook etc...
Hooked
Having the form of a hook curvated as the hooked bill of a bird...
Bevel gear
A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet...
gear up
To prepare for an event or activity as to gear up for the election campaign...
Irreversible steering gear
A steering gear esp for an automobile not affected by the road wheels as when they strike an obstacle side ways but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever...
landing gear
The wheels and attached structures under an airplane that support it and allow it to move when on the ground also the floats or pontoons of an amphibious airplane together with their supporting structures Landing gear may be fixed rigidly in place or retractable when in flight...
Can hook
A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves...
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