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single-action steam-engine
See atmospheric steam-engine
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Action
·noun Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
II. Action ·noun A right of action; as, the la...
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action
Synonymous with battle. Also a term in mechanics for the effort which one body exerts against anothe...
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Single
·adj Alone; having no companion.
II. Single ·noun A handful of gleaned grain.
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Engine
·vt To assault with an engine.
II. Engine ·noun (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity...
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Engine
a term applied exclusively to military affairs in the Bible. The engines to which the term is applie...
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Breech action
·add. ·- The breech mechanism in breech-loading small arms and certain special guns, as automatic an...
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Direct action
·add. ·- ·see <<Syndicalism>>, below.
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Self-action
·noun Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself.
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Single tax
·add. ·- A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, — advocated by certain economis...
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Single-acting
·adj Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one...
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Single-breasted
·adj Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge ...
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Single-foot
·noun An irregular gait of a horse;
— called also single-footed pace. ·see <<Single>>, ·vi.
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Single-handed
·adj Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
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Single-hearted
·adj Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
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Single-minded
·adj Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.
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Single-surfaced
·add. ·adj Having one surface;
— said specif. of aeroplanes or aerocurves that are covered with fab...
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single peeper
A person having but one eye.
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single, to
To unreeve the running part of top-sail sheets, &c., to let them run freely, or for harbour duty.
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single anchor
A ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other.
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Air engine
·- An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
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Bogie engine
·add. ·- A switching engine the running gear and driving gear of which are on a bogie, or truck.
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Diesel engine
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Diesel motor.
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Engine-sized
·adj Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp;
— said of paper.
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Gas engine
·add. ·- A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any intern...
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Otto engine
·add. ·- An engine using the Otto cycle.
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Radial engine
·add. ·- An engine, usually an internal-combustion engine of a certain type (the radial type) having...
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Radiant engine
·add. ·- A semiradial engine. ·see Radial engine, above.
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Semiradial engine
·add. ·- ·see Radial engine, above.
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Steam engine
·- An engine moved by steam.
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Tandem engine
·add. ·- A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, with a common piston rod.
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Trunk engine
·add. ·- An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustion engines.
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Water engine
·- An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishi...
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blast-engine
A ventilating machine to draw off the foul air from the hold of a ship, and induce a current of fres...
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donkey-engine
An auxiliary steam-engine for feeding the boilers of the principal engine when they are stopped; or ...
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engine, marine
(See marine engines.)
Engine was of old a military machine for warfare.
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engine-bearers
Sleepers, or pieces of timber placed between the keelson, in a steamer, and the boilers of the steam...
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trunk-engine
A direct-acting steam-engine, in which the end of the connecting-rod is attached to the bottom of a ...
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Engine-type generator
·add. ·- A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine.
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atmospheric or single-action steam-engine
A condensing machine, in which the downward stroke of the piston is performed by the pressure of the...
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direct-acting engine
A steam engine in which the connecting rod is led at once from the head of the piston to the crank, ...
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double-acting engine
One in which the steam acts upon the piston against a vacuum, both in the upward and downward moveme...
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engine-room telegraph
A dial-contrivance by which the officer on deck can communicate with the engineer below.
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non-condensing engine
A high-pressure steam-engine.
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oscillating marine-engine
A steam-engine where the top of the piston-rod is coupled with the crank, and the piston-rod moves b...
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cranks of a marine engine
; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...
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frame of the marine steam-engine
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...
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putting a steam-engine in gear
This is said when the gab of the eccentric rod is allowed to fall upon its stud on the gab-lever.
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throwing a steam-engine out of gear
Disconnecting the eccentric rod from the gab-lever.
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