Dictionary entry

Engine (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

En″gine, v. t. 1. To assault with an engine.

To engine and batter our walls. T. Adams.

2. To equip with an engine; — said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

3. (Pronounced, in this sense, �����.) To rack; to torture. Chaucer.