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Donkey engine   /dˈɑŋki ˈɛndʒən/   Listen
noun
Donkey  n.  (pl. donkeys)  
1.
An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.
2.
A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
Donkey engine, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes.
Donkey pump, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; usually an auxiliary.
Donkey's eye (Bot.), the large round seed of the Mucuna pruriens, a tropical leguminous plant.





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"Donkey engine" Quotes from Famous Books



... the donkey engine and the rattle of a steel cable on the hoisting-drum proclaimed the fact that the Kincaid's anchor was being raised, and a moment later the waiter heard the propellers revolving, and slowly the little steamer moved away from him out ...
— The Beasts of Tarzan • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... bridge itself. If we opened our cabin portholes for a little fresh air, which at times was really a necessity, the cabin was soon flooded, and our clothes and rugs spent half their time being dried in the donkey engine room. ...
— A Girl's Ride in Iceland • Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
... a locomotive," said a boy of the donkey engine; "it whistled like the steam-cars, but it didn't ...
— How to Succeed - or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune • Orison Swett Marden
... cedar. The Douglas fir covered the rocky slopes and the cedar lined the gut of a deep hollow which split the limit midway. It was classed as a fair logging chance, since from that corner which dipped into the flats of the Toba a donkey engine with its mile-long arm of steel cable could snatch the logs down to the river, whence they would be floated to the sea and ...
— The Hidden Places • Bertrand W. Sinclair
... logger's waste with practically no labor. To the task of disposing of the remaining logs and stumps he will bring modern tools and methods into action. The axe and shovel and hand lever have given place to gunpowder, the donkey engine, derrick and winch. Stump powder puts all the big stumps into pieces easily. The modern stump-puller lifts out the smaller stumps with ease. The donkey engine and derrick pull together and pile the stumps and logs into great heaps, and once more the friendly fire helps out; and while ...
— A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 • Ithamar Howell


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