- (a.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
- (a.) Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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