| Engine |
n. |
(Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill. |
| Engine |
n. |
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. |
| Engine |
n. |
Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. |
| Engine |
n. |
A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. |
| Engine |
v. t. |
To assault with an engine. |
| Engine |
v. t. |
To equip with an engine;
said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another. |
| Engine |
v. t. |
(Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture. |
| Engine-sized |
a. |
Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp;
said of paper. |
| Engine-type generator |
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A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine. |
| Engineer |
n. |
A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n. |
| Engineer |
n. |
One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver. |
| Engineer |
n. |
One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. |
| Engineer |
v. t. |
To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. |
| Engineer |
v. t. |
To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. |
| Engineer Corps |
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In the United States army, the Corps of Engineers, a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rivers and harbors, the construction of lighthouses, etc., and, in time of war, supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field. |
| Engineered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Engineer |
| Engineering |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Engineer |
| Engineering |
n. |
Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer. |
| Engineman |
n. |
A man who manages, or waits on, an engine. |
| Enginemen |
pl. |
of Engineman |
| Enginer |
n. |
A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines. |
| Enginery |
n. |
The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. |
| Enginery |
n. |
Engines, in general; instruments of war. |
| Enginery |
n. |
Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. |
