ENGINERY

enginery

(noun) machinery consisting of engines collectively

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

enginery (countable and uncountable, plural engineries)

(archaic) Machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.

(archaic) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.

(archaic) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.

Anagrams

• reneying

Source: Wiktionary


En"gine*ry, n.

1. The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. Milton.

2. Engines, in general; instruments of war. Training his devilish enginery. Milton.

3. Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. Shenstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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