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VerbarRibaudequin

An engine of war used in the Middle Ages consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels and armed in

Rack

Rack, an engine of torture, said not to have been used in England since 1640. See TORTURE. Means an instrument of

Heck

Heck, an engine to take fish in the river Ouse, 23 Hen. 8, c. 18, repealed by (English) Salmon Fishery Act,

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VerbarOnager

A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket and was operated by machinery

Mangonel

A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins

Guilloched

Waved or engine turned

Espringal

An engine of war used for throwing viretons large stones and other missiles a springal

Engyn

Variant of Engine

Engine sized

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Battering ram

An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places

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