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A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.
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n.
A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
v. t.
To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.
a.
Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
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Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
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A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.
n.
One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc.
n.
A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.
n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
a.
Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
n.
A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
n.
A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
n.
Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.
v. i.
A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
n.
A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.
v. t.
One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire.
n.
A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
n.
The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata.
n.
A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.
n.
The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
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