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Auxiliary engine   /ɑgzˈɪljəri ˈɛndʒən/   Listen
Auxiliary engine

noun
1.
(nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass).  Synonym: donkey engine.





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"Auxiliary engine" Quotes from Famous Books



... pulley, there is a small auxiliary engine, M, which is then geared with the axle of the said pulley, and which raises the sounding apparatus that has been freed from its weight by a method that ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various


Words linked to "Auxiliary engine" :   ship, engine, donkey engine


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