Enginery

//ˈɛnd͡ʒɪnɹi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Machinery made up of engines; instruments of war. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Training his devilish enginery."

  2. 2
    machinery consisting of engines collectively wordnet
  3. 3
    The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "[B]ehold / Not diſtant far with heavie pace the Foe / Approaching groſs and huge; in hollow Cube / Training his deviliſh Enginrie, impal'd / On every ſide with ſhaddowing Squadrons Deep, / To hide the fraud."

  4. 4
    Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "To play some image on the gaping crowd, Imbibe the novel daylight, and expose, Obvious, the fraudful enginery of Rome"

Synonyms

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conveniencedriveenginefacilityfixturemachine

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"Training his devilish enginery."

Etymology

From engine + -ry.

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