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Fusee :: Fusee (n.) A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer..

Engineer :: Engineer (v. t.) To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road..

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..

Footboard :: Footboard (n.) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive.

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

Transit :: Transit (n.) An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit..

Corps :: Corps (n. sing. & pl.) A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps..

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..

Engineering :: Engineering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enginee.

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

Hostler :: Hostler (n.) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

Reconnoitre :: Reconnoitre (v. t.) To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations..

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

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

Engineered :: Engineered (imp. & p. p.) of Enginee.

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..

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

Mining :: Mining (a.) Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region..

Engineer :: Engineer (n.) A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n..

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..

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