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locomotive |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, a. [Cf. F. locomotif See {Locomotion}.] 1. Moving from place to place changing place or able to change place as a locomotive animal. 2. Used in producing motion; as the locomotive organs of an animal. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc See Illustration in Appendix. {Consolidation locomotive}, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. {Locomotive car}, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] {Locomotive engine}. Same as {Locomotive}, above. {Mogul locomotive}. See {Mogul}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: locomotive adj : of or relating to locomotion [syn: {locomotor}] n : self-propelled engine used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: {engine}, {locomotive engine}, {railway locomotive}]
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