engining

Verb

engine (third-person singular simple present engines, present participle engining, simple past and past participle engined)

1. (dated, transitive) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
   • Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To assault with an engine.
   • to engine and batter our walls1629, Thomas Adams, Plain-Dealing
3. (obsolete, transitive) To contrive; to put into action.

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