What is "engine lathe"

Engine \En"gine\ ([e^]n"j[i^]n), n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious, Gin a snare.]

1. Note: (Pronounced, in this sense, [e^]n*j[=e]n".) Natural capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.]

   A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also.
   --Chaucer.

2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; a machine; an agent.
   --Shak.

   You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
   --Bunyan.

   Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust.
   --Shak.

3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. ``Terrible engines of death.''
   --Sir W. Raleigh.

4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.

   Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive.

   Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.

   Engine tool, a machine tool.
   --J. Whitworth.

   Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine.

   Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.

Lathe \Lathe\ (l[=a][th]), n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hla[eth]a a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. l["o][eth] a smith's lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the same origin as lathe a granary, the original meaning being, a frame to hold something. If so, the word is from an older form of E. lade to load. See Lade to load.]

1. A granary; a barn. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.

2. (Mach.) A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.

3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.

   Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.

   Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.

   Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc.

   Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot.

   Geometric lathe. See under Geometric

   Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool.

   Slide lathe, an engine lathe.

   Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other.

n. A turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc.