(n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity;
ability; skill.
(n.) Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or
contrivance; an agent.
(n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially,
an instrument or machine of war or torture.
(n.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied
to produce a given physical effect.
(v. t.) To assault with an engine.
(v. t.) To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam
vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by
another.
(v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.
