noun
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a collection or assembly of engines; machinery
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engines employed in warfare
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rare skilful manoeuvring or contrivance
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Origin of enginery
Example Sentences
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It was the old Missouri struggle renewed, with more numerous combatants, a stronger influence of the press, a mightier enginery of public opinion.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie
Their hospitality to one another has been therefore a powerful enginery for continuing and for extending the domains of Quakerism.
From Quaker Hill A Sociological Study by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)
Such was the mighty enginery antecedently set in motion, to crush the liberties of the Transvaal.
From Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
"The machinery of all my nature; the whole enginery of this human mill; the boiler, which I take to be the heart, is fit to burst."
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
With a large army, thoroughly drilled, and equipped with all the enginery of war, the sultan commenced his campaign.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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