machicolashun.html - v.tr.
(usu. as machicolated adj.) furnish (a parapet etc.) with openings between supporting corbels for dropping stones etc. on attackers.

machicolation n. [OF machicoler, ult. f. Prov. machacol f. macar crush + col neck]

machicolashun.html - adj.
elaborately cunning; scheming, unscrupulous.

machiavellianism n. [N. dei Machiavelli, Florentine statesman and political writer d. 1527, who advocated resort to morally questionable methods in the interests of the State]

machicolashun.html - v.tr.
(usu. as machicolated adj.) furnish (a parapet etc.) with openings between supporting corbels for dropping stones etc. on attackers.

machicolation n. [OF machicoler, ult. f. Prov. machacol f. macar crush + col neck]

machicolashun.html - adj.
capable of being cut by machine tools.

machinability n.

machicolashun.html - v.intr. lay plots; intrigue.

machination n. machinator n. [L machinari contrive (as MACHINE)]

machicolashun.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 an apparatus using or applying mechanical power, having several parts each with a definite function and together performing certain kinds of work.
2 a particular kind of machine, esp. a vehicle, a piece of electrical or electronic apparatus, etc.
3 an instrument that transmits a force or directs its application.
4 the controlling system of an organization etc. (the party machine).
5 a person who acts mechanically and with apparent lack of emotion.

--v.

tr. make or operate on with a machine (esp. in sewing or printing).

machine code (or language) a computer language that a particular computer can respond to directly. machine-readable in a form that a computer can process. machine tool a mechanically operated tool for working on metal, wood, or plastics. machine-tooled 1 shaped by a machine tool.
2 (of artistic presentation etc.) precise, slick, esp. excessively so. [F f. L machina f. Gk makhana Doric form of mekhane f. mekhos contrivance]