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

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..

Inboard :: Inboard (a. & adv.) From without inward; toward the inside; as, the inboard stroke of a steam engine piston, the inward or return stroke..

Engyn :: Engyn () Variant of Engine.

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.

Engineman :: Engineman (n.) A man who manages, or waits on, an engine..

Power :: Power (n.) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power..

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam.

Dummy :: Dummy (n.) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car..

Plasmid :: Plasmid (n.) A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produ

Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc..

Propeller :: Propeller (n.) A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel..

Cab :: Cab (n.) The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station..

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

Power :: Power (n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine..

Springboard :: Springal (n.) An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.

Portable :: Portable (a.) Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine..

Engine :: Engine (n.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.

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