Plugin and Engine

noun

• Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work.
• Something used to achieve a purpose.
  • usage: "an engine of change"
• A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks.
  • synonyms: locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
• An instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc..
  • usage: "medieval engines of war"

• (n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
• (n.) Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
• (v.t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.
• (v.t.) To assault with an engine.
• (n.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.
• (n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
• (v.t.) To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.