Definition of machinery

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Machinery (n.) The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected..

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Leader :: Leader (n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
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..
Machinery :: Machinery (n.) The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch..
Apart :: Apart (adv.) In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart..
Machining :: Machining (a.) Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine.
Machinery :: Machinery (n.) Machines, in general, or collectively..
Fitter :: Fitter (n.) One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.
Automatical :: Automatical (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse..
Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..
Mining :: Mining (a.) Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region..
Governor :: Governor (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable..
Gimmal :: Gimmal (n.) A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.
Water Power :: Water power () A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.
Lubricator :: Lubricator (n.) A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery..
Greaser :: Greaser (n.) One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc..
Order :: Order (n.) Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order..
Self-adjusting :: Self-adjusting (a.) Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery..
Apparatus :: Apparatus (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism..
Pitman :: Pitman (n.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery..
Torchon Lace :: Torchon lace () a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery..
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