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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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Roving :: Roving (n.) The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine..

Sley :: Sley (v. t.) A guideway in a knitting machine.

Squirted :: Squirrel (v. i.) One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.

Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

Burring Machine :: Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances..

Grubber :: Grubber (n.) One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc..

Slider :: Slider (n.) One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine..

Spader :: Spader (n.) One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..

Surfboat :: Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc..

Feeder :: Feeder (n.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.

Alligator :: Alligator (n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.

Crab :: Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

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

Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness..

Mend :: Mend (v. t.) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine..

Enginery :: Enginery (n.) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.

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

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

Crown :: Crown (n.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley..