Bass drum () The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a. |
Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick |
Drum (n.) Anything resembling a drum in form |
Drum (n.) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc. |
Drum (n.) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed. |
Drum (n.) The tympanum of the ear |
Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed |
Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery |
Drum (n.) See Drumfish. |
Drum (n.) A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house |
Drum (n.) A tea party |
Drum (v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks |
Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks |
Drum (v. i.) To throb, as the heart. |
Drum (v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc, |
Drum (v. t.) To execute on a drum, as a tune. |
Drum (v. t.) (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum |
Drum (v. t.) (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum |
Drum major () . |
Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment |
Drum major () The marching leader of a military band. |
Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4. |
Gramme machine () A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc. |
Machine (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy |
Machine (n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. |
Machine (n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use |
Machine (n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. |
Machine (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. |
Machine (v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery |
drum drumfish | small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise |
striped drum Equetus pulcher | a kind of drumfish |
red drum channel bass redfish Sciaenops ocellatus | large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico |
adding machine totalizer totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
automatic rifle automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
bass drum gran casa | a large drum with two heads, makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch |
bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
bongo bongo drum | a small drum, played with the hands |
brake drum drum | a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
breathing device breathing apparatus breathing machine ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning machine gun Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
burp gun machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
calculator calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
car auto automobile machine motorcar | a motor vehicle with four wheels, usually propelled by an internal combustion engine, he needs a car to get to work |
cash machine cash dispenser automated teller machine automatic teller machine automated teller automatic teller ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
computer computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
dialyzer dialysis machine | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes |
diathermy machine | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
dishwasher dish washer dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
drum membranophone tympan | a musical percussion instrument, usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
drum brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe |
drum printer | a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position |
drum sander electric sander sander smoother | a power tool used for sanding wood, an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor |
electrostatic generator electrostatic machine Wimshurst machine Van de Graaff generator | electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity |
facsimile facsimile machine fax | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
farm machine | a machine used in farming |
franking machine | a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge |
fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
hovercraft ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
ice machine | an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes |
knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |
Linotype Linotype machine | a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal |
lithograph lithograph machine | duplicator that prints by lithography, a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern |
machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |
machine simple machine | a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point |
machine bolt | a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end, tightened with a wrench, used to connect metal parts |
machine gun | a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) |
machine screw | a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole, slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver |
machine shop | workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools |
machine stitch sewing-machine stitch | a sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread |
machine tool | a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials |
magneto magnetoelectric machine | a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine |
microwave diathermy machine | diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat |
milking machine | machine consisting of a suction apparatus for milking cows mechanically |
miller milling machine | machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it |