Re: Jake

From: "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:42:48 +0000

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:01:45 -0800, irwell <hook@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Give me a brake.

Which of the following types of brake do you have in mind?

A clump of bushes, brushwood, or briers; a thicket.

A baker's kneading-machine.

A heavy harrow for crushing clods.

A lever forming part of the apparatus for boring coal.

An apparatus for retarding the motion of a wheel

et al.

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
.

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