(Nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass)
1This seemed good advice, so the auxiliary engine was started and the winches began turning slowly.
2An auxiliary engine pumps cubic feet of atmosphere into every cabin through a series of airtrunks.
3The skiff used to pull the nets up is run on equipment powered by the auxiliary engine.
4As the launch neared the mouth of the river a yawl-rigged craft with an auxiliary engine had just entered it.
5There is an auxiliary engine, of the Porter-Allen type, for driving the pumps and man engines when the main engine is not working.
6The main and auxiliary engines that would power generators and deck equipment need to be repaired.
7Besides these engines there are also several auxiliary engines for pumping water into the boilers, etcetera.
8These boilers are connected with all the auxiliary engines of the ship, numbering no fewer than forty-three.
9Auxiliary engine operable, but incapable of escape velocity".
10"Found him locked in a small compartment down near the auxiliary engine room," the commander said briefly.
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