a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; " the complex machinery of negotiation"; " the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"

machines or machine systems collectively

The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.

The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.

Engines and other appliances collectively, or the parts of them; any means by which something is kept in action or the result desired is obtained.

Machines in general: the parts of a machine: means for keeping in action: supernatural agency in a poem.

Machines in general; parts of a machine.

The parts of a machine; machines collectively.

Mechanical combination; the parts of a machine; machines in general; superhuman agency introduced into a poem for the purpose of solving difficulties.

The works or component parts of a machine; machines in general; complicated routine or management; the superhuman beings introduced into a poem, & c., to solve a difficulty.

Around him are huge, smoking buildings filled with roaring machinery- all man- made. – The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin

" I've insisted on the police setting every bit of available machinery to work in an effort to lay hands on him," replied Mr. Lindsey. – Dead Men's Money by J. S. Fletcher

" It is like a great Wheel- a vast machinery. – The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. Dell

Well, then, you know I am driven to invention now; it is my only chance; and, ever since Mr. Carden spoke to me, I have given my whole soul to the best way of saw- grinding by machinery. – Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade

They'll be making human beings by machinery too, soon! – Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 2 by Martin Anderson Nexo

You buy your machinery- your plant. – Skinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge

Nor was there any machinery or preparation of any kind. – Modern Spiritualism by Uriah Smith

In fact, the body is the engine that runs the machinery of our lives. – A Fleece of Gold Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece by Charles Stewart Given

It is undoubtedly further a fact that the future of dry- farming is closely bound up with the improvements that may be made in farm machinery. – Dry-Farming by John A. Widtsoe

There was a ladder from this room to the one above where the machinery was. – Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories by J. G. Kernahan and C. Kernahan

Where can you find any other piece of machinery that will run as long or as faithfully with so little care? – Christopher and the Clockmakers by Sara Ware Bassett

What do you know about machinery? – Angel Island by Inez Haynes Gillmore

Earth- moving machinery had been moved into place and was operating. – The Flaming Mountain by Harold Leland Goodwin

You have the brains and with your gift for machinery- Well, try it. – To Him That Hath A Novel Of The West Of Today by Ralph Connor

The difficulty is the want of machinery, which there is no capital to purchase. – Lord Stranleigh Abroad by Robert Barr

Opening a door in the machinery, he disappeared inside. – Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various

Labour is so cheap that it is not necessary to resort to labour- saving machinery. – The Khedive's Country by George Manville Fenn

I know it could- I have got the plan of the machinery in my head already. – John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

I touched the machinery. – My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett

The machinery was repaired, the office was cleared, and order was restored. – Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy