Engine, n.
- 1. Machine.
- 2. Implement, instrument, weapon, agent, means.
Enginery, n.
- 1. Engines, machines, (especially) artillery.
- 2. Mechanism, machinery, mechanical contrivances.
- 3. Contrivances, schemes, devices, machinations, artifices, system of artifice.
Engird, v. a. Surround, environ, gird, begird, encircle, encompass.
English, n.
- 1. English people.
- 2. English language.
Engorge, v. a.
- 1. Gorge, devour, swallow up, swallow eagerly, gulp down.
- 2. (Med.) Fill to excess, stuff, glut, obstruct.
Engorge, v. n. Devour food, feed greedily, be gluttonous.
Engorgement, n.
- 1. Fngorging.
- 2. (Med.) Congestion, obstruction, plethora, plethoric condition, over-fulness.
Engrain, v. a. [Written also Ingrain.]
- 1. Dye in the grain, dye deep.
- 2. Incorporate with the grain, lodge in the very fibre.
- 3. Grain, paint in imitation of wood.