10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an
honest man.
Latimer.
Bever gear. See Bevel gear. -- Core gear, a mortise gear, or its
skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise. -- Expansion gear (Steam
Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain
part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston
expansively; the cut-off. See under Expansion. -- Feed gear. See Feed
motion, under Feed, n. -- Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming
the teeth of gear wheels by cutting. -- Gear wheel, any cogwheel. --
Running gear. See under Running. -- To throw in, or out of, gear
(Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to
put in, or out of, working relation.
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Gear (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gearing.] 1.
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.