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Unmechanize :: Unmechanize (v. t.) To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure..

Gimmor :: Gimmor (n.) A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.

Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) Mechanical operation or action.

Apparatus :: Apparatus (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism..

Feed :: Feed (n.) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.

Limb :: Limb (n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..

Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod..

Wheelwork :: Wheelwork (n.) A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism..

Work :: Work (n.) The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch..

Link :: Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained..

Vasomotor :: Vasomotor (a.) Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels..

Differential :: Differential (a.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage; producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism.

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..

Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..

Lamp :: Lamp (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent..

Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc..

Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

Stench :: Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch..

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