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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.

A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.

A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.

A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.

A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showing one's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, etc.

An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, and against the front wall of the gas chamber, checking th…

A weeding machine.

One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

ustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.

deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things. "An admirable machine." "Admirable fortitude." Macaulay.

A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine.

A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.

ronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to preserve or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

g air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.

A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a flying machine pilot.

Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator; as, (a) (Metal Working)

One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductor or generated by a machine, measured in ampères.