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m'-naught
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m'-naught, v. t.
To increase the power of (a single-cylinder beam engine) by adding a small high-pressure cylinder with a piston acting on the beam between the center and the flywheel end, using high-pressure steam and working as a compound engine, -- a plan introduced by M'Naught , a Scottish engineer, in 1845. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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