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Instroke

An inward stroke specif in a steam or other engine a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crank shaft opposed to outstroke

Double acting

Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions producing a twofold result as a double acting engine or pump

Direct coupled

Coupled without intermediate connections as an engine and a dynamo

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Devise

to formulate by thought to contrive to excogitate to invent to plan to scheme as to devise an engine a new mode of writing a plan of defense or an argument

dashpot

as a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight as in the valve gear of a steam engine to prevent shock

Cycloscope

A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation as of a wheel of a steam engine

Cross tail

A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side lever engine

Crosshead

pin as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod which is hinged to the crosshead

Barge

and rivers but is not generally a ocean-going vessel. It may or may not be fitted with an engine depending on calibration, Panduronga Timblo Industries v. Union of India, (1992) 2 SCC 635: AIR 1992 SC 1194

crankcase

the housing for a crankshaft and connecting parts in an internal combustion engine

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