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Chest :: Chest (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Irreversible :: Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine..

Throttle :: Throttle (v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine..

Engineer :: Engineer (v. t.) To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress..

Water Gauge :: Water gauge () An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge..

Robinet :: Robinet (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.

Engine :: Engine (n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill..

Duty :: Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States)..

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

Union :: Union (n.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection..

Malengine :: Malengine (n.) Evil machination; guile; deceit.

Torment :: Torment (n.) An engine for casting stones.

Link :: Link (n.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion..

Machinery :: Machinery (n.) The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch..

Engineer :: Engineer (n.) One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.

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

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames..

Hydraulics :: Hydraulics (n.) That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like..

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