engine (the following are the only S. senses)
1.
artifice, contrivance, device, plot
All'sW. III. v. 20
“all these e-s of
lust,”
Tit. II. i. 123,
Oth. IV. ii. 221
“engines for my
life.”
2.
mechanical
contrivance, machine, implement
Gent. III. i. 138
“an ”
(viz. a rope ladder) “fit for my proceeding”; fig.
Ven. 367
“the of her
thoughts”
(viz. her tongue); instrument of warfare
Tp. II. i. 168, Troil. I. iii. 208,
II. iii. 144
“an Not
portable,”
Cor. V. iv. 20,
Oth. III. iii. 356
“you mortal e-s”
(viz. cannons); cf.
Tit. V. iii. 86
“the fatal ”
(viz. the Trojan horse); instrument of
torture Lr. I. iv. 292.
