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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
brake3
 
PRONUNCIATION:  brk
NOUN: A lever or handle on a machine such as a pump.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French brac, from oblique form of bras, arm. See bracer2.
 
 
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  brake2 brake4  
 
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