En"gi*nous (?), a. [OF. engignos. See Ingenious.]
1.
Pertaining to an engine.
[Obs.]
That one act gives, like an enginous wheel,
Motion to all.
Decker.
2.
Contrived with care; ingenious.
[Obs.]
The mark of all enginous drifts.
B. Jonson.
© Webster 1913.