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