engine a military implement, an engine of war:
“Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine,”
THE TEMPEST, ii. 1. 155
;
“he moves like an engine,”
CORIOLANUS, v. 4. 19
;
“his eye is like an engine bent,”
THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, v. 3.
42.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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