Definition of machine

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Machine (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit..

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Bobbinet :: Bobbinet (n.) A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand..
Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod..
Arm :: Arm (n.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard..
Scala :: Scala (n.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
Welt :: Welt (n.) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed..
Scutcher :: Scutcher (n.) An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine..
Tedder :: Tedder (n.) A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying..
Frame :: Frame (n.) The skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.
Candroy :: Candroy (n.) A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.
Engine-sized :: Engine-sized (a.) Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper..
Barker''s Mill :: Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis..
Clockwork :: Clockwork (n.) The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement..
Feller :: Feller (n.) An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth..
Cutter :: Cutter (n.) That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter..
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..
Ease :: Ease (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery..
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water..
Reaper :: Reaper (n.) A reaping machine.
Derange :: Derange (v. t.) To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism..
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