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enginery

/ˈɛnd͡ʒɪnɹi/

enginery noun: machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.

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
    • 'Mid that hush of soul
      Music from viewless harps shall visit thee,
      Such as thou never heard'st amid the din
      Of earth's coarse enginery, by toil and care
      Urged on, without reprieve.1834, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Evening Thoughts, page 67

Forms of enginery

pluralengineries
alternative form (obsolete)enginrie

Origin of enginery

From engine + -ry.

Questions about enginery

What does enginery mean?
Enginery means machinery made up of engines; instruments of war.
What part of speech is enginery?
Enginery is a noun.
How do you pronounce enginery?
Enginery is pronounced /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪnɹi/.
What is the plural of enginery?
The plural of enginery is engineries.

Words near enginery in the dictionary

  1. enginerds
  2. engineries
  3. engineroom
  4. enginerooms
  5. enginers
  6. enginery
  7. engines
  8. enginewright
  9. enginewrights
  10. engining
  11. enginous

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