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EngineEngine En"gine, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L.
ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of
gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious, Gin
a snare.]
1. (Pronounced, in this sense, ????.) Natural capacity;
ability; skill. [Obs.]
A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and
intellect also. --Chaucer.
2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or
contrivance; an agent. --Shak.
You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch
the fish; what engines doth he make? --Bunyan.
Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all
these engines of lust. --Shak.
3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced;
especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
``Terrible engines of death.' --Sir W. Raleigh.
4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is
applied to produce a given physical effect.
Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the
engineer of a locomotive.
Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.
Engine tool, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth.
Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by
means of a rose engine.
Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive
machines, or to those giving power, or which produce
some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are
distinguished according to the source of power, as
steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or
the purpose on account of which the power is applied,
as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or
some peculiarity of construction or operation, as
single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or
low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc. Engine
Engine En"gine, v. t.
1. To assault with an engine. [Obs.]
To engine and batter our walls. --T. Adams.
2. To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam
vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and
engined by another.
3. (Pronounced, in this sense, ?????.) To rack; to torture.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
Meaning of ENGINE from wikipedia
- An
engine or
motor is a
machine designed to
convert one or more
forms of
energy into
mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy...
- A
search engine is a
software system that
provides hyperlinks to web
pages and
other relevant information on the Web in
response to a user's query. The...
- compression; thus, the
diesel engine is
called a compression-ignition
engine (CI
engine). This
contrasts with
engines using spark plug-ignition of the...
- A
steam engine is a heat
engine that
performs mechanical work
using steam as its
working fluid. The
steam engine uses the
force produced by
steam pressure...
- A V8
engine is an eight-cylinder
piston engine in
which two
banks of four
cylinders share a
common crankshaft and are
arranged in a V configuration. The...
- An
aircraft engine,
often referred to as an aero
engine, is the
power component of an
aircraft propulsion system.
Aircraft using power components are...
-
Search engines,
including web
search engines, selection-based
search engines,
metasearch engines,
desktop search tools, and web
portals and
vertical market...
-
level editor. The "
engine"
terminology is akin to the term "software
engine" used more
widely in the
software industry. Game
engine can also
refer to the...
-
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the
process of
improving the
quality and
quantity of
website traffic to a
website or a web page from
search engines. SEO...
- The
Chrysler Hemi
engine,
known by the
trademark Hemi or HEMI,
refers to a
series of high-performance
American overhead valve V8
engines built by Chrysler...
