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engineries

engineries is the plural of enginery.

Meaning of enginery

Noun

enginery (countable and uncountable, plural engineries)

  1. (archaic) Machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.
    • Training his devilish enginery.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (archaic) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
    • [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.1674, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 162
  3. (archaic) Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
    • To play some image on the gaping crowd,
      Imbibe the novel daylight, and expose,
      Obvious, the fraudful enginery of Romea. 1763, William Shenstone, The Ruined Abbey

Questions about engineries

What is engineries the plural of?
Engineries is the plural of enginery.

Words near engineries in the dictionary

  1. enginemanship
  2. enginemen
  3. enginer
  4. enginerd
  5. enginerds
  6. engineries
  7. engineroom
  8. enginerooms
  9. enginers
  10. enginery
  11. engines

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