'Compressed-air engine' definitions:
Definition of 'Compressed-air engine'
From: GCIDE
- Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a.
- 1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise. [1913 Webster]
- Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air. [1913 Webster]