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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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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Rake :: Rake (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake..

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

Lapping :: Lapping (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Aeroplane :: Aeroplane (n.) A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it..

Feller :: Feller (n.) One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees..

Life :: Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government..

Bolter :: Bolter (n.) An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve..

Gin :: Gin (v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

Vanner :: Vanner (n.) A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner.

Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..

Masher :: Masher (n.) One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash..

Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A form of dredging machine.

Self-adjusting :: Self-adjusting (a.) Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

Machinery :: Machinery (n.) The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch..

Dredger :: Dredger (n.) A dredging machine.

Hay-cutter :: Hay-cutter (n.) A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle..

Pontoon :: Pontoon (n.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter..