v. t. (Steam Engines) To increase the power of (a single-cylinder beam engine) by adding a small high-pressure cylinder with a piston acting on the beam between the center and the flywheel end, using high-pressure steam and working as a compound engine, -- a plan introduced by M'Naught, a Scottish engineer, in 1845. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
[エムじかいきゃく, emu jikaikyaku] (n) pornographic pose (spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter 'M') [Add to Longdo]
[グレシャムのほうそく, gureshamu nohousoku] (n) (See 悪貨は良貨を駆逐する) Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation") [Add to Longdo]
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