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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GE'ARING, ppr. Dressing; harnessing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" [syn: gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1833 1. the act or process of providing or fitting with gears 2. the parts by which motion is transmitted from one portion of machinery to another; especially a train of gears

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a set or arrangement of gears in a machine. 2 Brit. Commerce a the allocation of part of a dividend to preferred recipients. b the amount of this part.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gear Gearv. t. [imp. & p. p. Geared; p. pr. & vb. n. Gearing.] 1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing. Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gearing Gear"ing, n. 1. Harness. 2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. Frictional gearing. See under Frictional. Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of Chain wheel. Spur gearing, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See gear.