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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Verily, it was a most portentous enginery for the affliction of female humanity; but how heroically it was endured!
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 by William Chambers
Consider for a moment this enginery of muscular forces at the command of the singer, and which his intelligent and ripe knowledge must guide.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. Miller
He was silent for several minutes; at last he said quickly, sternly: 'Is there no instrument, Mr Sharp, in all the enginery of law, that can defeat a worthless villain's legal claim to his child?'
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 by William Chambers
The enginery of dollars was crushing in its might.
From The Furnace of Gold by J. N. Marchand
King of France, crossed the Alps with an army of twenty-two thousand men, in the highest state of discipline, and armed with all the modern enginery of war.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
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