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Enginery :: Enginery (n.) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery..

Engineer :: Engineer (n.) One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver..

Steamer :: Steam engine () An engine moved by steam.

Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..

Ballistic :: Ballistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine..

Hydropult :: Hydropult (n.) A machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden engine, a fire extinguisher, etc..

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.

Water Engine :: Water engine () An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine..

Blast :: Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast..

Recipiangle :: Recipiangle (n.) An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications..

Organ :: Organ (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine..

Thrower :: Thrower (n.) One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.

Lag :: Lag (n.) The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing..

Standpipe :: Standpipe (n.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance..

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

Cowcatxjer :: Cowcatxjer (n.) A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot..

Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up.

Engineering :: 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..

Petrary :: Petrary (n.) An ancient war engine for hurling stones.

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