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A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.

r, esp. by an individual electric motor. An electric motor forms an integral part of many machine tools in numerous modern machine shops.

A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.

ent; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.

A series of pictures, usually photographs taken with a special machine, presented to the eye in very rapid succession, with some or all of the objects in the picture represented in slightly changed positions, producing, by persistence of vision, the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects move in so…

To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.

One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.

Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam.

A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny. Mule armadillo (Zoöl.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under Armadillo. -- Mule deer (Zoöl.), a large d…

A combined rotary type-setting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a prin…

A simple form of moving-picture machine in which the series of views, exhibiting the successive phases of a scene, are printed on paper and mounted around the periphery of a wheel. The rotation of the wheel brings them rapidly into sight, one after another, and the blended effect gives a semblance of motion.…

balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc.

See under Dipping. -- Needle bar, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached. -- Needle beam (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the…

a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.

, the army numbers fifty thousand. Thy tears can not number the dead. Campbell. Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.

A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain.

acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt.

An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially for ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth; a counter. Ure.

To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.

A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.