machinalement, adv., mechanically, instinctively.
machinateur, n.m., machinator, plotter, contriver.
machination, n.f., machination; plot; contrivance.
machine, n.f., machine, engine, implement; machinery, piece of mechanism, apparatus, appliance, intrigue, system, plan, plot; (fam.) so and so, thingummy. — pneumatique; air-pump. — soufflante; blowing-machine. — à colonne d’eau; water pressing engine. — à détente de vapeur; expansion steam-engine. — à simple effet; single-acting engine. — à double effet; double-acting machine. — à basse, à haute, à moyenne pression; low, high, mean pressure engine. — à vapeur; steam-engine. — de vingt chevaux; engine of twenty horse power. — à mâter; (nav.) shears (for masting ships). La — va bien, fonctionne bien; the machinery, the engine, works well. — de recours; pilot-engine. La — ronde; (poet., fam.) the earth, the Universe. C’est une pure —, ce n’est qu’une —; (of persons without energy) he, she, is a mere machine. —! (fam.) so and so, or what’s his name.
machiner, v.a., to machinate, to contrive, to plot; to plan, (coin) to mill, to edge. Il machine votre perte; he is plotting your ruin.
machiniste, n.m., machinist, engineer, engine-man; (theat.) stage-carpenter, scene-shifter.
mâchoire, n.f., jaw, jawbone. Jouer, s’escrimer, de la —; to eat with avidity, to guzzle. C’est une vraie —; he is a blockhead. Avoir la — pesante, lourde; to express one’s self awkwardly, with difficulty. — d’étau; vice chaps.
mâchonner, v.a., to chew with difficulty; to mumble, to munch, to champ (the bit). Que mâchonnez-vous entre vos dents? what are you mumbling between your teeth?
mâchonneu-r, -se, n.m.f., mumbler.
mâchure, n.f., defect in the nap (of cloth).