Meaning of water engine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An engine moved by water.
   archaic
2. An engine to raise water, often for mine drainage.
   archaic
3. A machine for extinguishing fires with water.
   archaic

Examples

“Near-synonym: watermill”

“In those days, grist mills were powered by water engines, wind engines, or horse engines.”

“Near-synonym: water pump”

“In the earliest years after James Watt developed his steam engine, most of the capital that bought his engines came from mine owners who used them to power water engines for mine drainage.”

“Near-synonym: fire engine (synonymous in the pre–motor-truck era)”

“In 1887, several businesses in this town pooled the funds necessary to buy a state-of-the-art water engine and a large new set of leather buckets for the bucket brigade.”

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