M'-naught
Pronunciation : M'-Naught" (mak*nalt")
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. (Steam Engines)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913