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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Clothing; garments; ornaments.

2. (n.) Goods; property; household stuff.

3. (n.) Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.

4. (n.) The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

5. (n.) Warlike accouterments.

6. (n.) Manner; custom; behavior.

7. (n.) Business matters; affairs; concern.

8. (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.

9. (n.) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.

10. (n.) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.

11. (n.) See 1st Jeer (b).

12. (n.) Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.

13. (v. t.) To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

14. (v. t.) To provide with gearing.

15. (v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear.

Strong's Hebrew

3627. keli -- an article, utensil, vessel
... bags (2), basket (1), bowls* (1), cargo (1), clothing (1), earthenware* (1), equipment
(6), everything* (1), furnishings (10), furniture (4), gear (1), goods (6 ...
/hebrew/3627.htm - 6k

Library

The Soldier's Morning-Call
... picture that is floating before his vivid imagination is that of a company of soldiers,
roused by the morning bugle, casting off their night-gear because the ...
/.../romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the soldiers morning-call.htm

Wary Walking.
... Sometimes people, coming home from abroad, bring with them a quantity of smuggled
goods, and their clothes are all padded with laces, and other ill-gotten gear ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon lv wary walking.htm

The Healing of the Woman - Christ's Personal Appearance - the ...
... [2940] Perhaps a distinctive garment, most likely a head-gear, was worn,
even by rulers' (the elder,'{hebrew}), at their ordination. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxvi the healing of.htm

The Last Events in Galilee - the Tribute-Money, the Dispute by the ...
... To render this impossible, the wealthy man converted all his property into one
magnificent gem, which he carefully concealed within his head-gear. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iii the last events.htm

Salvation Nearer
... of darkness'"as men in the morning, when the daylight comes through the window,
and makes them lift their eyelids, fling off their night-gear"'and let us ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/salvation nearer.htm

The Last Supper.
... CHAPTER III. THE LAST SUPPER. O Judas, art thou blinded quite By untamed greed of
gold and gear? And would thou sell thy master dear For base gain? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/stead/king of the jews/chapter iii the last supper.htm

The Bishop Elect and Consecrate
... radiant white within. He sat a horse without trappings, but with a roll
of fleece and clothes, his day and night gear. Around him ...
/.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter iv the bishop elect.htm

Choosing the Tens
... Sunrise on the uncompleted city tipped the raw lines of her half-built walls with
broken fire and gilded the gear of gigantic hoisting cranes. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter i choosing the tens.htm

Is God in the Camp?
... And they said, Woe unto us! For there hath not been such a thing
heretofore""1 Samuel 4:7. Israel was out of gear with God. The ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/is god in the camp.htm

Jesus Washeth his Disciples' Feet
... arched ceiling and flattened dome, its leewans (raised platform) and the
entrance-passage of colored stones, where guests leave their foot-gear before stepping ...
/.../the life of jesus christ for the young/jesus washeth his disciples feet.htm

Thesaurus

Gear (3 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) Business matters; affairs; concern. 8. (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel;
as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. ...
/g/gear.htm - 8k

Engage (20 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those
of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part. ...
/e/engage.htm - 14k

Perch (2 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a
reach. 8. (vi) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. ...
/p/perch.htm - 8k

Geba (22 Occurrences)

/g/geba.htm - 17k

Under-girding (1 Occurrence)
... and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing
lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so ...
/u/under-girding.htm - 6k

Overboard (5 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV DBY RSV NIV). Acts 27:19 and, on the third day, with their own hands
they threw the ship's spare gear overboard. (WEY NAS NIV). ...
/o/overboard.htm - 7k

Jeer (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A gear; a tackle. 2. (n.) An assemblage or
combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. ...
/j/jeer.htm - 7k

Lobe (19 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc.
5. (n.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel. ...
/l/lobe.htm - 12k

Ge (1 Occurrence)

/g/ge.htm - 6k

Flank (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The side of any building. 5. (n.) That part of the acting surface
of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line. ...
/f/flank.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Gear (3 Occurrences)

Acts 27:17 and, after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and, as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the gear and lay to.
(WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Acts 27:19 and, on the third day, with their own hands they threw the ship's spare gear overboard.
(WEY)

Genesis 27:3 Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Gear

Related Terms

Engage (20 Occurrences)

Perch (2 Occurrences)

Geba (22 Occurrences)

Under-girding (1 Occurrence)

Overboard (5 Occurrences)

Jeer (2 Occurrences)

Lobe (19 Occurrences)