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Definition of locomotive
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Locomotive
(n.) A
locomotive
engine;
a
self-propelling
wheel
carriage,
especially
one which bears a steam
boiler
and one or more steam
engines
which
communicate
motion
to the
wheels
and thus
propel
the
carriage,
-- used to
convey
goods or
passengers,
or to draw
wagons,
railroad
cars, etc. See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
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Driver
::
Driver
(n.) The
driving
wheel of a
locomotive.
Podophyllous
::
Podophyllous
(a.)
Having
thin, flat,
leaflike
locomotive
organs..
Mogul
::
Mogul (n.) A heavy
locomotive
for
freight
traffic,
having
three pairs of
connected
driving
wheels
and a
two-wheeled
truck..
Tender
::
Tender
(n.) A car
attached
to a
locomotive,
for
carrying
a
supply
of fuel and
water..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
tubular
organ
through
which water is
ejected
from the gill
cavity
of a
cephaloid.
It
serves
as a
locomotive
organ,
by
guiding
and
confining
the jet of
water.
Called
also
siphuncle.
See
Illust.
under
Loligo,
and
Dibranchiata..
Pilot
::
Pilot (n.) The
cowcatcher
of a
locomotive.
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..
Frame
::
Frame (n.) The
skeleton
structure
which
supports
the
boiler
and
machinery
of a
locomotive
upon its
wheels.
Footboard
::
Footboard
(n.) The
platform
for the
engineer
and
fireman
of a
locomotive.
Wild-cat
::
Wild-cat
(a.)
Running
without
control;
running
along the line
without
a
train;
as, a
wild-cat
locomotive..
Equipment
::
Equipment
(n.)
Whatever
is used in
equipping;
necessaries
for an
expedition
or
voyage;
the
collective
designation
for the
articles
comprising
an
outfit;
equipage;
as, a
railroad
equipment
(locomotives,
cars, etc. ; for
carrying
on
business);
horse
equipments;
infantry
equipments;
naval
equipments;
laboratory
equipments..
Gearing
::
Gearing
(n.) The parts by which
motion
imparted
to one
portion
of an
engine
or
machine
is
transmitted
to
another,
considered
collectively;
as, the valve
gearing
of
locomotive
engine;
belt
gearing;
esp., a train of
wheels
for
transmitting
and
varying
motion
in
machinery..
Extremity
::
Extremity
(n.) One of
locomotive
appendages
of an
animal;
a limb; a leg or an arm of man.
Headlight
::
Headlight
(n.) A
light,
with a
powerful
reflector,
placed
at the head of a
locomotive,
or in front of it, to throw light on the track at
night,
or in going
through
a dark
tunnel..
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..
Dummy
::
Dummy (n.) A
locomotive
with
condensing
engines,
and,
hence,
without
the noise of
escaping
steam;
also, a dummy car..
Bonnet
::
Bonnet
(n.) A frame of wire
netting
over a
locomotive
chimney,
to
prevent
escape
of
sparks..
Wood
::
Wood (v. t.) To
supply
with wood, or get
supplies
of wood for; as, to wood a
steamboat
or a
locomotive..
Bogie
::
Bogie (n.) A
four-wheeled
truck,
having
a
certain
amount
of play
around
a
vertical
axis, used to
support
in part a
locomotive
on a
railway
track..
Splasher
::
Splasher
(n.) One of the
guarde
over the
wheels,
as of a
carriage,
locomotive,
etc..
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