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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)