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Deft :: Deft (a.) Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat.

Machine :: Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to

Cleverish :: Cleverish (a.) Somewhat clever.

Homodromous :: Homodromous (a.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

Archness :: Archness (n.) The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.

Pry :: Pry (v. t.) To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize..

Crowbar :: Crowbar (n.) A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever..

Lever :: Lever (adv.) Rather.

Cleverly :: Cleverly (adv.) In a clever manner.

Trigger :: Trigger (n.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece..

Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever..

Monkeytail :: Monkeytail (n.) A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery..

Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..

Helve :: Helve (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer..

Ingenuity :: Ingenuity (n.) Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Prize :: Prize (v. t.) To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel..

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

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