Hypertext Webster Gateway: "locomotive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, a. [Cf. F. locomotif. See
{Locomotion}.]
1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to
change place; as, a locomotive animal.
2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an
animal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus
propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers,
or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in
Appendix.
{Consolidation locomotive}, a locomotive having four pairs of
connected drivers.
{Locomotive car}, a locomotive and a car combined in one
vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
{Locomotive engine}. Same as {Locomotive}, above.
{Mogul locomotive}. See {Mogul}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
locomotive
adj : of or relating to locomotion [syn: {locomotor}]
n : wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine used
to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: {engine}, {locomotive
engine}, {railway locomotive}]
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