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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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   3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for
      separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; --
      called also lay and batten.
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   Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after
      a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.

   Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from
      its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.

   Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has
      an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring
      metals, cutting screws, etc.

   Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by
      the foot.

   Geometric lathe. See under Geometric

   Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe
      without an automatic feed for the tool.

   Slide lathe, an engine lathe.

   Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the
      cutting tool is held in the other.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Engine \En"gine\ ([e^]n"j[i^]n), 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.

   Note: (Pronounced, in this sense, [e^]n*j[=e]n".) Natural
         capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.]
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               A man hath sapiences three,
               Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer.
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   2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or
      contrivance; a machine; an agent. --Shak.
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            You see the ways the fisherman doth take
            To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
                                                  --Bunyan.
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            Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all
            these engines of lust.                --Shak.
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   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.
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   4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is
      applied to produce a given physical effect.
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   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.
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   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.
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