Propelment

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  • n. propulsion, the act of propeling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of propelling.
  • n. In clockwork, electrical recording-instruments, calculating-machines, etc., the propelling mechanism; more particularly, an escapement mechanism in which the primary propulsive power is applied to the escapement, and the pallets of the escapement drive the scape-wheel, instead of the latter operating the escapement, as in ordinary clocks.
  • Word Usage
    "She had been all for the walled little island, -- as she had heard it called, -- the island of the upward bound, where self-propelment was the test of right or wrong, and a marriage well above her the touchstone of a girl's sound morality."