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Cornish engines

Cornish engines is the plural of Cornish engine.

Meaning of Cornish engine

Noun

Cornish engine (plural Cornish engines)

  1. A kind of beam engine used mainly for pumping water from mines. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight in descending.

Questions about Cornish engines

What is Cornish engines the plural of?
Cornish engines is the plural of Cornish engine.

Words near Cornish engines in the dictionary

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  4. Cornish elms
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