- (n.) Warlike accouterments.
- (n.) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
- (n.) Manner; custom; behavior.
- (v.t.) To provide with gearing.
- (n.) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.
- (n.) Goods; property; household stuff.
- (n.) See 1st Jeer (b).
- (n.) Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
- (n.) The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
- (n.) Clothing; garments; ornaments.
- (n.) A toothed wheel or cogwheel; as, a spur gear or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
- (v.t.) To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- (v.i.) To be in or come into, gear.
- (n.) Business matters; affairs; concern.
- (n.) Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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