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Definition of engine
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of engine is as below...
Engine
(v. t.) To equip with an
engine;
-- said
especially
of steam
vessels;
as,
vessels
are often built by one firm and
engined
by
another..
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Cut-off
::
Cut-off
(n.) The valve
gearing
or
mechanism
by which steam is cut off from
entering
the
cylinder
of a steam
engine
after a
definite
point in a
stroke,
so as to allow the
remainder
of the
stroke
to be made by the
expansive
force of the steam
already
let in. See
Expansion
gear, under
Expansion..
Lag
::
Lag (v. t.) To
cover,
as the
cylinder
of a steam
engine,
with lags. See Lag, n., 4..
Wall
::
Wall (n.) An
inclosing
part of a
receptacle
or
vessel;
as, the walls of a
steam-engine
cylinder..
Ballista
::
Ballista
(n.) An
ancient
military
engine,
in the form of a
crossbow,
used for
hurling
large
missiles..
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..
Spanner
::
Spanner
(n.) A
contrivance
in some of the
ealier
steam
engines
for
moving
the
valves
for the
alternate
admission
and
shutting
off of the
steam.
Ballistic
::
Ballistic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
ballista,
or to the art of
hurling
stones
or
missile
weapons
by means of an
engine..
Brake
::
Brake (v. t.) An
apparatus
for
testing
the power of a steam
engine,
or other
motor,
by
weighing
the
amount
of
friction
that the motor will
overcome;
a
friction
brake..
Stroke
::
Stroke
(v. t.) The
movement,
in
either
direction,
of the
piston
plunger,
piston
rod,
crosshead,
etc., as of a steam
engine
or a pump, in which these parts have a
reciprocating
motion;
as, the
forward
stroke
of a
piston;
also, the
entire
distance
passed
through,
as by a
piston,
in such a
movement;
as, the
piston
is at half
stroke..
Bed
::
Bed (n.) The
foundation
or the more solid and fixed part or
framing
of a
machine;
or a part on which
something
is laid or
supported;
as, the bed of an
engine..
Brakeman
::
Brakeman
(n.) The man in
charge
of the
winding
(or
hoisting)
engine
for a mine.
Engine
::
Engine
(n.)
(Pronounced,
in this
sense,
////.)
Natural
capacity;
ability;
skill..
Indicator
::
Indicator
(n.) An
instrument
which draws a
diagram
showing
the
varying
pressure
in the
cylinder
of an
engine
or pump at every point of the
stroke.
It
consists
of a small
cylinder
communicating
with the
engine
cylinder
and
fitted
with a
piston
which the
varying
pressure
drives
upward
more or less
against
the
resistance
of a
spring.
A lever
imparts
motion
to a
pencil
which
traces
the
diagram
on a card
wrapped
around
a
vertical
drum which is
turned
back and forth by a
string
connected
with the pist
Run
::
Run (a.) To
continue
in
operation;
to be kept in
action
or
motion;
as, this
engine
runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the
week..
Powerful
::
Powerful
(a.) Full of
power;
capable
of
producing
great
effects
of any kind;
potent;
mighty;
efficacious;
intense;
as, a
powerful
man or
beast;
a
powerful
engine;
a
powerful
argument;
a
powerful
light;
a
powerful
vessel..
Collapse
::
Collapse
(v. i.) To fall
together
suddenly,
as the sides of a
hollow
vessel;
to close by
falling
or
shrinking
together;
to have the sides or parts of (a
thing)
fall in
together,
or be
crushed
in
together;
as, a flue in the
boiler
of a steam
engine
sometimes
collapses..
Propeller
::
Propeller
(n.) A
contrivance
for
propelling
a steam
vessel,
usually
consisting
of a screw
placed
in the stern under
water,
and made to
revolve
by an
engine;
a
propeller
wheel..
Greaser
::
Greaser
(n.) One who, or that
which,
greases;
specifically,
a
person
employed
to
lubricate
the
working
parts of
machinery,
engines,
carriages,
etc..
Cleading
::
Cleading
(n.) A
jacket
or outer
covering
of wood, etc., to
prevent
radiation
of heat, as from the
boiler,
cylinder.
etc., of a steam
engine..
Rock Shaft
::
Rock shaft () A shaft that
oscillates
on its
journals,
instead
of
revolving,
--
usually
carrying
levers
by means of which it
receives
and
communicates
reciprocating
motion,
as in the valve gear of some steam
engines;
--
called
also
rocker,
rocking
shaft,
and way
shaft..
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