Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Agas-engine; any internal-combustion engine which uses gasolene as a fuel.
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Examples
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Hannam, assisted by Bickerton, Madigan and others, had laid heavy and firm foundations for the petrol-motor and generator.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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We sat down to smoke in the heather, and presently out of the valley below came the thick beat of a petrol-motor ascending.
Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900
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