MAN ENGINE

Definition: MAN ENGINE

MAN ENGINE

1. A mechanical lift for raising or lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings. A man steps from a landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by successive stages.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: MAN ENGINE

Anagrams: MAN ENGINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-m-n-n-n"
	-2 letters: enamine, manning, meaning.
	-3 letters: engine, enigma, gamine, manege, meanie, menage, naming, nannie.
	-4 letters: agene, amine, anime, enema, gamin, genie, image, inane, mange, minae.
	-5 letters: agee, agin, amen, amie, amin, gaen, gain, game, gane, gene, gien, mage, magi, main, mane, mean, mien, mina, mine, name, neem, nema, nene, nine.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-m-n-n-n"
	+4 letters: demandingness.
	+5 letters: antigovernment, antimanagement, meaningfulness, mountaineering.
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