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Draught engine

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bull pumpnoun(mining) A direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
enginenounThe part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
man enginenoun(historical) A mechanical lift for raising and lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (mining), a device by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft, consisting of a series of landings or sollars in the shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings. A person steps from a landing to a shelf and is raised or lowered to the next landing, upon which they then step, and so on, travelling by successive stages.
feed pumpnounA force pump for supplying a steam engine's boiler with water.
steam enginenounAny heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
beam enginenounA kind of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
dutynoun(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
steeple enginenounA vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead.
steamernoun(cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
locomotivenoun(rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
diesel enginenoun(usually automotive, transport) Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel).
enginerynoun(archaic) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
air enginenounAn engine put into motion by air expanded by heat.
handcarnounA light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism
eng.nounAbbreviation of engine. [A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.]
pumpjacknoun(US) The ground-based drive for a submerged pump in an oil borehole.
triger processnoun(engineering, mining) A method of sinking through water-bearing ground, in which the shaft is lined with tubbing and provided with an airlock, work being proceeded with under air pressure.
tractionnounGrip.
tender enginenoun(rail transport) Any steam locomotive that has a tender attached, carrying its supply of fuel and water; the term is normally used to distinguish from a tank engine.
handraulicsnounThe operation of equipment by hand.

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