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A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.

f a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.

A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff. Rambler.…

oast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk. Admiral Foote.

f all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. Keble.

as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

. S. Sharp. Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, The various movements of this nice machine. Young.

A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.

rsons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau.

Of or pertaining to machines.

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.

electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction. Magneto-electric machine, a form of dynamo-electric machine in which the field is maintained by permanent steel magnets instead of electro-magnets.

A machine for washing linen.

One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass. [R.]

A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.

A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure. Mangle rack (Mach.), a contrivance for converting continuous circular motion into reciprocating rectilinear motion, by means of a rack and pinion, as in the mangle. The pinion is held to the rack by a groov…

e through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

A celebrated Rhine wine.