What is "numbering machine"

Number \Num"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbered (n[u^]m"b[~e]rd); p. pr & vb. n. Numbering.] [OE. nombren, noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum. See Number, n.]

1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.

   If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
   --Gen. xiii. 16.

2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.

   He was numbered with the transgressors.
   --Is. liii. 12.

3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.

4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.

   Thy tears can not number the dead.
   --Campbell.

   Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.

   Syn: To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.