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<A NAME="engineer">
<B>engineer, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who plans and builds engines, machines, roads, bridges, canals, forts, or the like; expert in engineering. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who takes care of or runs an engine. The man who runs a locomotive is an engineer. <DD><B> 3. </B>a member of a military unit trained, equipped, and used for engineering work. (Abbr:) engr. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a person who contrives, designs, or invents. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to plan, build, direct, or work at as an engineer. <BR> <I>Ex. to engineer a road, bridge, or building.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to guide; manage. <BR> <I>Ex. She engineered the whole job from start to finish.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="engineeredfood">
<B>engineered food,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> vegetable or synthetic substances to supplement or replace traditional foods that are too expensive, scarce, or not sufficiently nutritious; fabricated food. <BR> <I>Ex. The development of distinctly new types of foods, often designated as engineered or fabricated foods, was stimulated by the school lunch program (Howard P. Milleville).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="engineeredwood">
<B>engineered wood,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a light, strong, structural building material usually made from laminated wood products similar to plywood, and used in construction to replace conventional lumber. <BR> <I>Ex. Some of these [building] details are unlikely to be called for on every project, but they show the versatility of engineered wood (Fine Home Building).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="engineering">
<B>engineering, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the science, work, or profession of an engineer. Engineering is needed in the planning, design, and supervision of construction of such things as railroads, bridges, dams, canals, buildings, machines, and electrical systems. <BR> <I>Ex. The Golden Gate Bridge is a triumph of engineering.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) engin. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) maneuvering; skillful contrivance. <BR> <I>Ex. Party engineering and the trickery of elections (St. James's Gazette).</I> </DL>
<B>engineer's chain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a measuring instrument consisting of 100 interlinked metal rods, 100 feet long. </DL>
<A NAME="engineership">
<B>engineership, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position, work, or business of an engineer. </DL>
<A NAME="enginehouse">
<B>engine house,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a station for a fire engine. </DL>
<A NAME="engineman">
<B>engineman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a man who operates an engine, as in a factory. <DD><B> 2. </B>a petty officer in the United States Navy, in charge of diesel and gasoline engines. </DL>
<A NAME="enginer">
<B>enginer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) an engineer. </DL>
<A NAME="engineroom">
<B>engine room,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the room, as of a ship or building, in which the engines are situated. </DL>
<A NAME="enginery">
<B>enginery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>engines; machines. <DD><B> 2. </B>skillful contrivance. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) the making of engines or machines. </DL>
<A NAME="engineshaft">
<B>engine shaft,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shaft in a mine used exclusively for the pumping machinery. </DL>
<A NAME="engineturned">
<B>engine-turned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> ornamented with designs produced by engine turning. </DL>
<A NAME="engineturning">
<B>engine turning,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of ornamental decoration, as on a watchcase, made by a lathe attachment. The most complicated is a rose engine turning. </DL>
<B>englacial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) being within a glacier. <BR> <I>Ex. an englacial boulder.</I> adv. <B>englacially.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="englander">
<B>Englander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an English person. </DL>
<A NAME="english">
<B>English, </B>adjective, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with England, its people, or their language. <DD><B> 2. </B>belonging to the English language; written or spoken in the English language. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(pl. in use.) the people of England. <DD><B> 2. </B>the language of England, including Old English or Anglo-Saxon (before 1100), Middle English (about 1100-1500), and Modern English (from about 1500). English is also spoken in the United States, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and many other places. (Abbr:) Eng. <DD><B> 3. </B>the English spoken in a certain place or by a certain group. <BR> <I>Ex. pidgin English.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>an English translation or equivalent. <DD><B> 5. </B>Sometimes, <B>english.</B> a spinning motion given to a ball by hitting, throwing, or kicking on one side of its center. <BR> <I>Ex. ... twisting it to give the ball the desired "english" or spin (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a large size of type; 14 point. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to translate into English; express in plain English. <DD><B> 2. </B>to adopt (a foreign word) into English. <BR> <I>Ex. "Liqueur" is not yet Englished (Walter S. Landor).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>Sometimes, <B>english.</B> to give a spinning motion to (a ball). noun <B>Englishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="englishbond">
<B>English bond,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bond used in bricklaying, consisting of alternate courses of headers and stretchers in which the joints in alternate courses line up vertically. </DL>
<A NAME="englishbreakfast">
<B>English breakfast,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large breakfast, usually including eggs, sausages, toast, and tea, as distinguished from a Continental breakfast. </DL>
<A NAME="englishcanadian">
<B>English Canadian,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Canadian of English, rather than of French, descent. </DL>
<A NAME="englishcanadian">
<B>English-Canadian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with English Canadians, their attitudes, customs, speech, or other attributes. </DL>
<A NAME="englishclass">
<B>English class,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several breeds of chicken raised mostly for their meat, including the Australorp, Orpington, and Dorking breeds. The English class developed largely from poultry brought to England by the Romans about A.D. 43. </DL>
<A NAME="englishcockerspaniel">
<B>English cocker spaniel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of hunting dogs differing from the cocker spaniel chiefly in its larger size. It weighs from 26 to 34 pounds. </DL>
<A NAME="englishdaisy">
<B>English daisy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common European daisy. </DL>
<A NAME="englishdisease">
<B>English disease,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>bronchitis (because bronchitis is common in England). <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) any one of various economic or labor problems originally associated with Great Britain, such as excessive attention to work rules, apparent control of management policy by shop stewards, and absenteeism. </DL>
<A NAME="englishelm">
<B>English elm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a European elm, with a broad spread of branches, common in England, and planted elsewhere. </DL>
<A NAME="englishenglish">
<B>English English,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> English as spoken in England; British English. <BR> <I>Ex. It is not universal kernel sentences and transformational rules but a manifold context of specific political history and social sensibility that makes a man "stand" for office in English English and "run" for it in American (George Steiner).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="englishfoxhound">
<B>English foxhound,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of hunting dogs with a smooth, white, black, and tan coat and weighing from 60 to 75 pounds, used primarily for hunting foxes. </DL>
<A NAME="englishhawthorn">
<B>English hawthorn,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of hawthorn growing up to 15 feet high, with clusters of white flowers, native to Europe and northern Africa. </DL>
<A NAME="englishhorn">
<B>English horn,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wooden musical instrument resembling an oboe, but larger and having a lower tone. </DL>
<A NAME="englishism">
<B>Englishism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>devotion or loyalty to England or to its customs and traditions. <DD><B> 2. </B>a word, phrase, or meaning originating in England. <DD><B> 3. </B>a custom or trait peculiar to England. </DL>
<A NAME="englishivy">
<B>English ivy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an ivy of the ginseng family having dark-green, shining leaves, and clusters of inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers that are succeeded by dark berries. </DL>
<A NAME="englishize">
<B>Englishize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make English in habits, customs, or character. </DL>
<B>Englishman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person born or living in England. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person whose ancestry is English, such as some Canadians and Australians. <DD><B> 3. </B>an English ship. </DL>
<A NAME="englishmanstie">
<B>Englishman's tie,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of knot used in joining two ends of rope. </DL>
<A NAME="englishment">
<B>Englishment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an English translation or version of a foreign work. </DL>
<A NAME="englishmuffin">
<B>English muffin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flat muffin made with yeast and baked on a griddle. </DL>
<A NAME="englishpheasant">
<B>English pheasant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common pheasant, naturalized in Great Britain prior to 1059. </DL>
<A NAME="englishprimrose">
<B>English primrose,</B> <B>=cowslip.</B></DL>
<A NAME="englishrevolution">
<B>English Revolution,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the expulsion in 1688 of James II and the transfer of sovereignty to William and Mary. </DL>
<B>Englishry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact or state of being English. <DD><B> 2. </B>English people; people of English descent, as in Ireland. <DD><B> 3. </B>friendship for or kinship with England. </DL>
