Engine

en'jin, n. (Mech.) A ma- „ chine in which mechanical Engaged Columns, powers are combined; any instrument by which any effect is produced; esp. one designed to kill; anything jused to effect a purpose; means.— Engineer', -er', n. One skilled in engineering; one who manages an engine; one who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance, — v. t. [engineered (-erd'), -eering.] To perform the work of an engineer; to guide or carry through a measure or enterprise. — Engineering, n. Science and art of utilizing natural forces and materials, — divided into military engineering (the designing and constructing defensive and offensive works) and civil engineering (the designing and constructing machinery and fixed public works, as roads, canals, etc.) English, in'glish, a. Pert, to England, its inhabitants, or their language, — n. The people of England; the language of the English nation and of their descendants in other countries: a peculiar impulse given to a ball in the game of billiards. (Print.) A kind of type, in size between pica and great primer. The type called English — English, v. t. [-lished (-glishf), -lishing.] To translate into English, Anglicize, interpret. (Billiards.) To strike (a ball) with the cue, so that the ball receives a rotary motion deflecting it from its natural course.