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Pattern :: Pattern (n.) Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine..

Dynamometer :: Dynamometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery..

Follower :: Follower (n.) The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver.

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth..

Envelop :: Envelop (n.) A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine..

Compressor :: Compressor (n.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor..

Bayonet :: Bayonet (n.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery..

Simplicity :: Simplicity (n.) The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine..

Engine :: Engine (n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture..

Winnower :: Winnower (n.) One who, or that which, winnows; specifically, a winnowing machine..

Work :: Work (v. t.) To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine..

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

Alligator :: Alligator (n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.

Refrigeratory :: Refrigeratory (n.) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine..

Machining :: Machining (a.) Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine.

Horse Power :: Horse power () A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second

Stonebuck :: Stonebrearer (n.) A machine for crushing or hammering stone.

Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.

Machiner :: Machiner (n.) One who or operates a machine; a machinist.

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

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