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Definition of machine

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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

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Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc..

Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.

Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service..

Bellows :: Bellows (n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind..

Brushing :: Brushing (a.) Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.

Machinal :: Machinal (a.) Of or pertaining to machines.

Catadrome :: Catadrome (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.

Refrigeratory :: Refrigeratory (n.) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine..

Thresher :: Thresher (n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine..

Pattern :: Pattern (n.) Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine..

Gin :: Gin (n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

Machinist :: Machinist (n.) A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..

Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning..

Lock Stitch :: Lock stitch () A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch..

Amalgamator :: Amalgamator (n.) One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam..

Trap :: Trap (n.) A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes..

Mechanician :: Mechanician (n.) One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; a machinist.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock..

Water Frame :: Water frame () A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power..