Definition of machine

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Machine (n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine..

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Draughtsman :: Draughtsman (n.) One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind..
Invent :: Invent (v. t.) To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood..
Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc..
Curia :: Curia (n.) The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana..
Frame :: Frame (n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.
Use :: Use (v. t.) The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use..
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..
Spreadingly :: Spreader (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
Heck :: Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine..
Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine..
Crate :: Crate (v. t.) To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches..
Press :: Press (n.) An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses..
Machine :: Machine (n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.
Transplanter :: Transplanter (n.) One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees..
Jig :: Jig (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
Organ :: Organ (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine..
Comparator :: Comparator (n.) An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.
Improvement :: Improvement (n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition..
Shingler :: Shingler (n.) A machine for shingling puddled iron.
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
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