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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