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Definition of locomotive
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Locomotive
(n.) A
locomotive
engine;
a
self-propelling
wheel
carriage,
especially
one which bears a steam
boiler
and one or more steam
engines
which
communicate
motion
to the
wheels
and thus
propel
the
carriage,
-- used to
convey
goods or
passengers,
or to draw
wagons,
railroad
cars, etc. See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
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Truck
::
Truck (v. i.) A
swiveling
carriage,
consisting
of a frame with one or more pairs of
wheels
and the
necessary
boxes,
springs,
etc., to carry and guide one end of a
locomotive
or a car; --
sometimes
called
bogie in
England.
Trucks
usually
have four or six
wheels..
Wild-cat
::
Wild-cat
(a.)
Running
without
control;
running
along the line
without
a
train;
as, a
wild-cat
locomotive..
Gusset
::
Gusset
(n.) A kind of
bracket,
or
angular
piece of iron,
fastened
in the
angles
of a
structure
to give
strength
or
stiffness;
esp., the part
joining
the
barrel
and the fire box of a
locomotive
boiler..
Splasher
::
Splasher
(n.) One of the
guarde
over the
wheels,
as of a
carriage,
locomotive,
etc..
Cilia
::
Cilia (n. pl.)
Small,
generally
microscopic,
vibrating
appendages
lining
certain
organs,
as the air
passages
of the
higher
animals,
and in the lower
animals
often
covering
also the whole or a part of the
exterior.
They are also found on some
vegetable
organisms.
In the
Infusoria,
and many
larval
forms,
they are
locomotive
organs..
Dummy
::
Dummy (n.) A
locomotive
with
condensing
engines,
and,
hence,
without
the noise of
escaping
steam;
also, a dummy car..
Roundhouse
::
Roundhouse
(n.) A house for
locomotive
engines,
built
circularly
around
a
turntable..
Locomotiveness
::
Locomotiveness
(n.) Alt. of
Locomotivit.
Drawbar
::
Drawbar
(n.) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for
coupling
a
locomotive
to a
tender
or car..
Bonnet
::
Bonnet
(n.) A frame of wire
netting
over a
locomotive
chimney,
to
prevent
escape
of
sparks..
Mogul
::
Mogul (n.) A heavy
locomotive
for
freight
traffic,
having
three pairs of
connected
driving
wheels
and a
two-wheeled
truck..
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..
Ambulacrum
::
Ambulacrum
(n.) One of the
radical
zones of
echinoderms,
along which run the
principal
nerves,
blood
vessels,
and water
tubes.
These zones
usually
bear rows of
locomotive
suckers
or
tentacles,
which
protrude
from
regular
pores.
In star
fishes
they
occupy
the
grooves
along the under side of the
rays..
Extremity
::
Extremity
(n.) One of
locomotive
appendages
of an
animal;
a limb; a leg or an arm of man.
Torpedo
::
Torpedo
(n.) A kind of
detonating
cartridge
or shell
placed
on a rail, and
exploded
when
crushed
under the
locomotive
wheels,
-- used as an alarm
signal..
Water Crane
::
Water crane () A
goose-neck
apparatus
for
supplying
water from an
elevated
tank, as to the
tender
of a
locomotive..
Smokestack
::
Smokestack
(n.) A
chimney;
esp., a pipe
serving
as a
chimney,
as the pipe which
carries
off the smoke of a
locomotive,
the
funnel
of a steam
vessel,
etc..
Dolly
::
Dolly (n.) A
compact,
narrow-gauge
locomotive
used for
moving
construction
trains,
switching,
etc..
Regulator
::
Regulator
(n.) A
contrivance
for
regulating
and
controlling
motion,
as: (a) The lever or index in a
watch,
which
controls
the
effective
length
of the
hairspring,
and thus
regulates
the
vibrations
of the
balance.
(b) The
governor
of a steam
engine.
(c) A valve for
controlling
the
admission
of steam to the steam
chest,
in a
locomotive..
Driver
::
Driver
(n.) The
driving
wheel of a
locomotive.
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