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Definition: Donkey Engine |
Donkey EngineNoun1. A locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard. 2. A small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A portable engine mounted on a vehicle or sled and equipped with cable and winch drums, and used for yarding, skidding, or loading. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Donkey Engine (A). A small engine of from two to four horse-power. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Donkey EngineSynonyms: auxiliary engine (n), switch engine (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Donkey Engine |
| Specialty definitions using "donkey engine": SAWMILL WORKER, swamper. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
donkey engine | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "donkey engine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | makinë avulli e vogël. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скрипец (block, crab, garnet, pulley, reel), малка помощна машина. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pomocný parní stroj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | selvstændigt spil (donkey, hauler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitsleeplier (donkey, hauler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | donkeykone (donkey, hauler), donkeykattila (donkey, hauler), pieni moottori (donkey, hauler), apukone (donkey, hauler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | treuil de débardage (donkey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Donkey (donkey, hauler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ελκυστήρας μετατόπισης (donkey, hauler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kisebb hordozható gõzgép. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | verricello (winch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiass-innyl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onkeyday engineay arco de extracção (donkey, hauler). (various references) лебедка (crab, hoist, winch, windlass). (various references) pomoćna mašina. (various references) motor ayudante, motor auxiliar, cabrestante portafil (donkey, hauler). (various references) mobil vinsch (donkey, hauler). (various references) yardımcı buhar makinesi (donkey, donkey pump). (various references) допоміжний двигун. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-g-i-k-n-n-n-o-y" | |
-4 letters: endogeny. | |
-5 letters: denning, denying, donning, doyenne, endogen, engined, keening, kenning, kneeing, needing, yenning. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 6E 6B 65 79 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001 00100000 01000101 01101110 01100111 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o n k e y   E n g i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 006E 006B 0065 0079 0045 006E 0067 0069 006E 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3881807771912398073758071 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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