Gear — Defs

01 n. Clothing; garments; ornaments.

1.
Clothing; garments; ornaments.
“Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear.” — Spenser.
2.
Goods; property; household stuff.
“Homely gear and common ware.” — Robynson (More's Utopia).
3.
Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
“Clad in a vesture of unknown gear.” — Spenser.
4.
The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
5.
Warlike accouterments.[Scot.]
6.
Manner; custom; behavior.[Obs.]
7.
Business matters; affairs; concern.[Obs.]
“Thus go they both together to their gear.” — Spenser.
8.
A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.(Mech.)
9.
See 1st Jeer (b).(Naut.) See: Jeer
10.
Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
“That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.” — Latimer.

Phrases & compounds

Bever gear — See Bevel gear.

Core gear — a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise.

Expansion gear — 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 gear — to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation.

02 v. t. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

imp. & p. p. Geared; p. pr. & vb. n. Gearing

1.
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
2.
To provide with gearing.(Mach.)
3.
To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.

Phrases & compounds

Double geared — driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.

03 v. i. To be in, or come into, gear.

1.
To be in, or come into, gear.(Mach.)