[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

continuous \contin"uous\, a. l. continuus, fr. continere to
   hold together. see continent.
   1. without break, cessation, or interruption; without
      intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken;
      continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted;
      extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous
      current of electricity.
      1913 webster

            he can hear its continuous murmur.    --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. not deviating or varying from uninformity; not
      interrupted; not joined or articulated.
      1913 webster

   continuous brake railroad, a brake which is attached to
      each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the
      cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the
      engine.

   continuous impost. see impost.

   syn: continuous, continual.

   usage: continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the
          continuity or union of parts is absolute and
          uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a
          continuous flow of water or of argument. so daniel
          webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of
          the martial airs of england." continual, in most
          cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of
          things, rather than absolute continuity. thus we speak
          of continual showers, implying a repetition with
          occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as
          liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual
          applications for aid, etc. see constant.
          1913 webster
see also:
continent continuous brake continuous impost impost continuous continual 
constant 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brake \brake\ br=ak, n. oe. brake; cf. lg. brake an
   instrument for breaking flax, g. breche, fr. the root of e.
   break. see break, v. t., and cf. breach.
   1. an instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part
      of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the
      fiber.
      1913 webster

   2. an extended handle by means of which a number of men can
      unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
      1913 webster

   3. a baker's kneading though. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   4. a sharp bit or snaffle.
      1913 webster

            pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit.
                                                  --gascoigne.
      1913 webster

   5. a frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith
      is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle,
      horses, etc.
      1913 webster

            a horse . . . which philip had bought . . . and
            because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of
            iron bars.                            --j. brende.
      1913 webster

   6. that part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or
      engine, which enables it to turn.
      1913 webster

   7. mil. an ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow
      and ballista.
      1913 webster

   8. agric. a large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after
      plowing; a drag.
      1913 webster

   9. a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by
      friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure
      of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets
      against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever
      against a wheel or drum in a machine.
      1913 webster

   10. engin. an apparatus for testing the power of a steam
       engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of
       friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
       1913 webster

   11. a cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in
       horses.
       1913 webster

   12. an ancient instrument of torture. --holinshed.
       1913 webster

   air brake. see air brake, in the vocabulary.

   brake beam or brake bar, the beam that connects the brake
      blocks of opposite wheels.

   brake block.
       a the part of a brake holding the brake shoe.
       b a brake shoe.

   brake shoe or brake rubber, the part of a brake against
      which the wheel rubs.

   brake wheel, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by
      which brakes are operated.

   continuous brake . see under continuous.
      1913 webster
see also:
breach air brake brake beam brake bar brake block brake shoe 
brake rubber brake wheel continuous brake continuous 

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