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An indispensable part of the machinery of
state.

Macaulay.

The delicate inflexional machinery of the Aryan
languages.

I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Ma*chin"ing, a. Of or pertaining
to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine. [Obs.]
Dryden.

Ma*chin"ist, n. [Cf. F.
machiniste.] 1. A constrictor of machines
and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

2. One skilled in the use of machine
tools.

3. A person employed to shift scenery in a
theater.

Ma"cho (?), n. [Sp.]
(Zoöl.) The striped mullet of California (Mugil
cephalus, or Mexicanus).

Mac"i*len*cy (?), n. [See
Macilent.] Leanness. [Obs.] Sandys.

Mac"i*lent (?), a. [L.
macilentus, fr. macies leanness, macere to be
lean.] Lean; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.

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