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Chest :: Chest (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ..

Water Motor :: Water motor () A water engine.

Engine :: Engine (n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill..

Ram :: Ram (n.) An engine of war used for butting or battering.

Engineer :: Engineer (n.) One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.

Engineer :: Engineer (v. t.) To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road..

Hostler :: Hostler (n.) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

Machinist :: Machinist (n.) A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

Power :: Power (n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm..

Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

Gearing :: Gearing (n.) 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..

Engine :: Engine (v. t.) To assault with an engine.

Regenerator :: Regenerator (n.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas..

Trawlerman :: Trawlerman (n.) A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.

Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force..

Lag :: Lag (n.) The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing..

Haulage :: Haulage (n.) Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling..

Corps :: Corps (n. sing. & pl.) A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps..

Enginery :: Enginery (n.) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.

Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..

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