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Gear


GEAR, noun

1. Apparatus; whatever is prepared; hence, habit; dress; ornaments.

Array thyself in her most gorgeous gear

2. More generally, the harness or furniture of beasts; whatever is used in equipping horses or cattle for draught; tackle.

3. In Scotland, warlike accouterments; also, goods, riches.

4. Business; matters.

5. By seamen pronounced jears, which see.

GEAR, verb transitive To dress; to put on gear; to harness.