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en•gine



Pronunciation: (en'jun), [key]
—n.
1. a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
2. a railroad locomotive.
3. a fire engine.
4. any mechanical contrivance.
5. a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
6. Obs.an instrument of torture, esp. the rack.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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