Engine
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Engine
... 4. (n.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a
given physical effect. 5. (vt) To assault with an engine. ...ENGINE. ...
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Throw (135 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or
from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand ...
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Brake (80 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working
a pump, as in a fire engine. 6. (n.) A baker's kneading though. ...
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Lag (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (n.) The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. 6. (n.) The amount of
retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing. ...
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Power (862 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in
action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of ...
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Engines (4 Occurrences)
... 26:9), the use of which was common among the Egyptians and the Assyrians. Such
an engine is mentioned in the reign of David (2 Samuel 20:15). ...
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Trunk (3 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter
to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and ...
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Receiver (1 Occurrence)
... of Air pump. 7. (n.) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure
cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine. ...
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Duty (90 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured
by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds ...
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Doctor (5 Occurrences)
... an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove
superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also ...
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Battering-ram (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a
long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. ...
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Shoot (51 Occurrences)
... 10. (vi) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person
or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides. 11. ...
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Union (24 Occurrences)
... connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender
connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe ...
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Onager (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw
stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. ...
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Organ (6 Occurrences)
... n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex
machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine...
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Load (22 Occurrences)
... of powder. 6. (v.) Weight or violence of blows. 7. (n.) The work done by
a steam engine or other prime mover when working. 8. (vt ...
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Link (2 Occurrences)
... rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod
with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or ...
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Line (131 Occurrences)
... 28. (n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or
proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line ...
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Log (12 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a
steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance ...
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Wall (227 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a
steam-engine cylinder. 5. (n.) The side of a level or drift. ...
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Indicate (5 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of
an indicator. Multi-Version Concordance Indicate (5 Occurrences). ...
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Felt (40 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam
engine. Multi-Version Concordance Felt (40 Occurrences). ...
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Fly (33 Occurrences)
... the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or
the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the ...
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Torment (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) An engine for casting stones. 2. (n.) Extreme
pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. ...
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Thrower (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
(b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Ram (96 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign
of the same name. 4. (n.) An engine of war used for butting or battering. ...
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Race (36 Occurrences)
... 16. (vi) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw
is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea. 17. ...
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Run (147 Occurrences)
... 22. (v.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine
runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week. 23. ...
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En-ge'di (5 Occurrences)
En-ge'di. << Enge'di, En-ge'di. Engine >>. Multi-Version Concordance En-ge'di (5
Occurrences). ... (See RSV). << Enge'di, En-ge'di. Engine >>. Reference Bible.
biblethesaurus.org/e/en-ge'di.htm - 7k

Exhaust (2 Occurrences)
... energy. 7. (a.) Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. 8 ...
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Ditch (9 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To surround with a ditch. 5. (vt) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine
was ditched and turned on its side. 6. (vi) To dig a ditch or ditches. Int. ...
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Movable (8 Occurrences)
... carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture;
susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. ...
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Main (17 Occurrences)
... 10. (v.) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engine.),
a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main. 11. ...
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Missile (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the
hand, or from any instrument or engine, so as to strike an object at a distance ...
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Pipe (13 Occurrences)
... 17. (vt) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle. 18. (vt) To furnish
or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building. Int. ...
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Pound (13 Occurrences)
... or salt. 3. (vi) To strike heavy blows; to beat. 4. (vi) To make a jarring
noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds. 5. (n.) An ...
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Port (3 Occurrences)
... passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass,
as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening ...
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Powerful (93 Occurrences)
... Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty;
efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful ...
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Blast (28 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler
chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any ...
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Batteringram
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a
long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. ...
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Bed (142 Occurrences)
... 12. (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine;
or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine. ...
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Collapse (9 Occurrences)
... together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed
in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. ...
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Cushion (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf. 4. (n.) a mass of steam in the end
of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston. ...
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Chest (15 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.;
as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. ...
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Clearance (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between
the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the ...
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Cut-off (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (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 ...
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Shaft (13 Occurrences)
... which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other
revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine...
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Stroke (26 Occurrences)
... 15. (n.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod,
crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a ...
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Scorpion (6 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio. 6. (n.) An ancient military engine
for hurling stones and other missiles. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Supervise (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as,
to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book. ...
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Mountain (298 Occurrences)
... set." (8) colelah, from calal, "to raise," is in the King James Version and the
English Revised Version "mount," the King James Version margin "engine of shot ...
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Gezer (14 Occurrences)
... of victuals" (1 Maccabees 9:52 the King James Version); a little later Simon "camped
against Gazara and besieged it round about; he made also an engine of war ...
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Excommunication
... It was not a complex and rigid ecclesiastical engine, held in terrorem over the
soul, but the last resort of faithful love, over which hope and prayer still ...
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Siege (63 Occurrences)
... To counteract the assaults of the battering-rams, sacks of chaff were let down like
a ship's fender in front of the place where the engine operated-a ...
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Hose (1 Occurrence)
... n.) A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used
for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. ...
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Assyria (124 Occurrences)
... and dining. No pains, in fact, were spared to make the army both in equipment
and discipline an irresistible engine of war. The ...
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Mount (311 Occurrences)
... set." (8) colelah, from calal, "to raise," is in the King James Version and the
English Revised Version "mount," the King James Version margin "engine of shot ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mount.htm - 68k

Hill (217 Occurrences)
... set." (8) colelah, from calal, "to raise," is in the King James Version and the
English Revised Version "mount," the King James Version margin "engine of shot ...
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Anthropology
... We speak in the same breath of the evolution of organic beings and of the steam
engine, of the printing-press, of the newspaper, now even of the atom" (Orr ...
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