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  1. 1. n. Clothing; garments; ornaments. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Goods; property; household stuff. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. Warlike accouterments. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. Manner; custom; behavior. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. Business matters; affairs; concern. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear. Source: opted
  11. 11. n. See 1st Jeer (b). Source: opted
  12. 12. n. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. Source: opted
  13. 13. v. t. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. Source: opted
  14. 14. v. t. To provide with gearing. Source: opted
  15. 15. v. i. To be in, or come into, gear. Source: opted

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