Dictionary entry

Enginous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

En″gi‐nous (?), a. [OF. engignos. See Ingenious.] 1. Pertaining to an engine.

That one act gives, like an enginous wheel,

Motion to all. Decker.

2. Contrived with care; ingenious.

The mark of all enginous drifts. B. Jonson.