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  Engine \En"gine\ ([e^]n"j[i^]n), n. [F. engin skill, machine,
     engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the
     root of gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf.
     Ingenious, Gin a snare.]
     1.
  
     Note: (Pronounced, in this sense, [e^]n*j[=e]n".) Natural
           capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.]
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                 A man hath sapiences three,
                 Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer.
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     2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or
        contrivance; a machine; an agent. --Shak.
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              You see the ways the fisherman doth take
              To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
                                                    --Bunyan.
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              Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all
              these engines of lust.                --Shak.
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     3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced;
        especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
        ``Terrible engines of death.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
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     4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is
        applied to produce a given physical effect.
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     Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the
        engineer of a locomotive.
  
     Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.
  
     Engine tool, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth.
  
     Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by
        means of a rose engine.
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     Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive
           machines, or to those giving power, or which produce
           some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are
           distinguished according to the source of power, as
           steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or
           the purpose on account of which the power is applied,
           as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or
           some peculiarity of construction or operation, as
           single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or
           low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.
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  Engine \En"gine\, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L.
     ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of
     gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious, Gin
     a snare.]
     1. (Pronounced, in this sense, ????.) Natural capacity;
        ability; skill. [Obs.]
  
              A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and
              intellect also.                       --Chaucer.
  
     2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or
        contrivance; an agent. --Shak.
  
              You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch
              the fish; what engines doth he make?  --Bunyan.
  
              Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all
              these engines of lust.                --Shak.
  
     3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced;
        especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
        ``Terrible engines of death.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
  
     4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is
        applied to produce a given physical effect.
  
     Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the
        engineer of a locomotive.
  
     Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.
  
     Engine tool, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth.
  
     Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by
        means of a rose engine.
  
     Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive
           machines, or to those giving power, or which produce
           some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are
           distinguished according to the source of power, as
           steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or
           the purpose on account of which the power is applied,
           as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or
           some peculiarity of construction or operation, as
           single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or
           low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.

  engine driver
       n : the operator of a railway locomotive [syn: engineer, locomotive
           engineer, railroad engineer]

  engine driver
     n.
     (lb en British dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.

  engine driver
     n.
     (lb en British dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.

  engine driver
     n.
     (lb en British dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.

  engine driver
     n.
     (lb en British dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.

  engine driver
     Englanti n.
     veturinkuljettaja

  engine driver /ˈɛndʒɪn dɹˈaɪvə/
  strojník

  engine driver /ˈɛndʒɪn dɹˈaɪvə/ 
  strojvedoucí

  engine driver /ˈɛndʒɪn dɹˈaɪvə/
   [Br.]  [becoming dated] Lokomotivführer , Lokführer , Triebwagenführer , Triebfahrzeugführer , Zugsführer  [Ös.] , Triebfahrzeugführender  [Schw.]
           Note: Bahn
     Synonyms: train driver, locomotive driver, locomotive operator, train operator, railroad engineer, locomotive engineer
  
   see: train drivers, locomotive drivers, locomotive operators, engine drivers, train operators, head driver, electric stock driver, main-line driver, apprentice driver, learner driver, traction trainee
  

  engine driver /ˈɛndʒɪn dɹˈaɪvə/
  
  οδηγός τραίνου

  engine driver /ˈɛndʒɪn dɹˈaɪvə/ 
  veturinkuljettaja

  engine driver /ˈɛndʒɪn dɹˈaɪvə/
  mozdonyvezetô

  engine driver /ˈɛndʒɪn dɹˈaɪvə/ 
  lokförare

     火车司机