Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Frictional \Fric"tion*al\, a.
Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by
friction; as, frictional electricity.
{Frictional gearing}, wheels which transmit motion by surface
friction instead of teeth. The faces are sometimes made
more or less V-shaped to increase or decrease friction, as
required.
Gearing \Gear"ing\, n.
1. Harness.
2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion
of an engine or machine is transmitted to another,
considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of
locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels
for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
{Frictional gearing}. See under {Frictional}.
{Gearing chain}, an endless chain transmitted motion from one
sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of {Chain wheel}.
{Spur gearing}, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged
round either the concave or the convex surface (properly
the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting
motion between parallel shafts, etc.