Gear

gēr, n. a state of preparation: dre : harne : tackle: ( mech. ) connection by means of toothed wheels: ( obs. ) a matter, affair.— v.t. to put in gear, as machinery.— p.adj. Geared , connected with the motor by gearing.— ns. Gear′ing , harne : working implements: ( mech. ) a train of toothed wheels and pinions; Gear′-wheel , a wheel with teeth or cogs which impart or transmit motion by acting on those of another wheel; Driv′ing-gear , those parts in a machine most nearly concerned in imparting motion.— Multiplying gearing , a combination of cog-wheels for imparting motion from wheels of larger to wheels of smaller diameter, by which the rate of revolution is increased; Out of gear , out of running order, unprepared; Straight gearing , the name given when the planes of motion are parallel—opposed to Bevelled gearing , when the direction is changed (see Bevel ). [M. E. gere , prob. Ice. gervi ; cf. A.S. gear we , Old High Ger. garawi , Eng. yare and gar , v.]