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a gear having teeth cut on an inner cylindrical surface.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Also called annular gear, ring gear.

And so, he says he left prison without proper ID, just his release papers and the “dress-out gear” he was given by the state.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Turn the heat down to 325°F and continue cooking until internal temperature reads 140°F on a thermometer.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The result was a system not open to alternatives from the outside and with no internal incentives for innovation.
Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck|Michael S. Roth|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A secular police state well practiced in suppressing internal challenges.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec. 14|PunditFact.com|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Ground glass is put in food to cause internal bleeding, and nicotine concentrated by boiling can cause a heart attack.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
A piece of iron sticking out from the cross-head carried the plug-rod for working the gear-handles.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
At that time one of his high-pressure puffer-engines, with a cylindrical boiler and internal tube, was working in Staffordshire.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The boilers were Trevithick's cylindrical with internal tube, wholly of wrought iron.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick