Definition of machine

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Machine (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle..

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Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring..
Ventilator :: Ventilator (n.) A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure..
Machiner :: Machiner (n.) One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
Cone Pulley :: Cone pulley () A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape..
Improvement :: Improvement (n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition..
Pump :: Pump (n.) An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston..
Crab :: Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
Gimmal :: Gimmal (n.) A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.
Timer :: Timer (n.) A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck..
Weighbridge :: Weighbridge (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Water Engine :: Water engine () An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine..
Machine :: Machine (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle..
Creaser :: Creaser (n.) A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by..
Spreadingly :: Spreader (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..
Slasher :: Slasher (n.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
Comb :: Comb (n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
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