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The act of machinating. Shak.

One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.

nstitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.

One who or operates a machine; a machinist. [R.]

Machines, in general, or collectively.

Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine.[Obs.] Dryden.

A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, or Mexicanus).

Leanness.[Obs.] Sandys.

Lean; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.

Same as Mackintosh.

A pimp; also, a bawd. [Obs.] Halliwell.

A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.

A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries.

A short, heavy, double-breasted plaid coat, the design of which is large and striking. [Local, U. S.]

The namaycush.

A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

Same Macule.

Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite.

Marked like macle (chiastolite).