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Definition of machine

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Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to

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Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted..

Mechanician :: Mechanician (n.) One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; a machinist.

Wringer :: Wringer (n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed..

Clipper :: Clipper (n.) A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill..

Catadrome :: Catadrome (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.

Coal Works :: Coal works () A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal..

Adder :: Adder (n.) One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers..

Doffer :: Doffer (n.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards..

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth..

Flock :: Flock (n.) Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..

Crab :: Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

Run :: Run (v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block..

Universal :: Universal (a.) Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine..

Belting :: Belting (n.) The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively..

Rigger :: Rigger (n.) A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

Squeezer :: Squeezer (n.) A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural..

Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine..

Dog :: Dog (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool..