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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Crab :: Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
Appliance :: Appliance (n.) The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances..
Machine :: Machine (n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.
Pendulum :: Pendulum (n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods..
Operate :: Operate (v. t.) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine..
Interference :: Interference (n.) The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others..
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..
Manufacture :: Manufacture (v. t.) To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc..
Strippet :: Stripper (n.) One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc..
Knitter :: Knitter (n.) One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine..
Catadrome :: Catadrome (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
Water Power :: Water power () The power of water employed to move machinery, etc..
Willier :: Willier (n.) One who works at a willying machine.
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..
Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine..
Candroy :: Candroy (n.) A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.
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..
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine..
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