MACHINE, MACHINERY
ADJECTIVES
► MACHINAL pert. to a machine or machines; mechanical → 1680 obs.
► QUEER of machinery, etc.: out of order → L19 sl.
NOUNS
► ARMSTRONG a tool or machine operated or serviced by muscular strength rather than machinery; a hand-stoked locomotive → 1923 Amer. sl.
► CONTRAPTION a contrivance or device; a piece of machinery → 1820s Amer. sl.
► MACHINAMENT a contrivance, engine, machine, vehicle → 1413 obs.
► MACHINATION the use or construction of machinery → 1641 obs.
► MAN-EATER a dangerous piece of machinery → 1897 Amer. sl.
► MECHANOPHOBIA an abnormal aversion to or fear of machinery → 1991
► MOUNT any machine → 1935 Brit. sl.
► TITAN a machine of great size and power → 1876
► WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS a steamroller or other large machine; any monstrous thing → 1885 Amer. dial. obs.
► WORKS, THE a machine → 1950s US teen sl.
VERBS
► PACK UP of machinery, or anything that works mechanically as the human heart: to stop working → 1920s sl.
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