n. Machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.
n. The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
n. Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
n. Engines, in general; instruments of war.
n. Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act or art of managing engines or artillery.
n. Engines collectively; mechanism; machinery; especially, artillery; instruments of war.
n. Any carefully prepared scheme to compass an end, especially a bad end; machinations; devices; system of artifice.
n. Engineering.
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n. machinery consisting of engines collectively
Word Usage
"Both he and my father believed in the efficacy of this kind of enginery, but, as the case happened, the beau chevalier was down low enough at the moment his highborn lady listened to the song."