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Pteris aquilina

Brake \Brake\, n. [OE. brake fern; cf. AS. bracce fern, LG. brake willow bush, Da. bregne fern, G. brach fallow; prob. orig. the growth on rough, broken ground, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., cf. Bracken, and 2d Brake, n.]

  1. (Bot.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the Pteris aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.

  2. A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.

    Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, To shelter thee from tempest and from rain.
    --Shak.

    He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone.
    --Sir W. Scott.

    Cane brake, a thicket of canes. See Canebrake.