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In gear   /ɪn gɪr/   Listen
In gear

adjective
1.
Having gears engaged.






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"In gear" Quotes from Famous Books



... lame:[227] Wonder wide walketh my fame, And many a king's crown have I cracked. I am worthy and wight, witty and wise: I am royal arrayed to reven under the ris,[228] I am proudly apparelled in purpur and bis, As gold I glister in gear: I am stiff, strong, stalwart, and stout, I am the royallest readily that renneth in this rout, There is no knight so grisly that I dread nor doubt, For I am so doughtly dight there may no dint me dere, And the king of pride full prest with all his proud presence, And the king of lechery lovely ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I. • R. Dodsley

... AND CONSTRUCTION OF TOOTHED GEAR.—Involute, cycloid, and epicyloid. Involute. Cycloid External epicycloid, described by a circle rolling about a fixed circle inside of it. Internal epicycloid. Delineation of a lack and pinion in gear. Gearing of a worm with a worm wheel. Cylindrical or Spur Gearing. Practical delineation of a couple of Spur wheels. The Delineation and Construction of Wooden Patterns for Toothed Wheels. Rules and ...
— Scientific American, Vol.22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 • Various



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