- (n.) Machines, in general or collectively.
- (n.) The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.
- (n.) The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.
- (n.) The working parts of a machine, engine or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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