\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.