מוּכְנִי, (μηχανή) machine for lifting weights, wheel-work. Yoma III, 10 עשה מ׳ לכיור made a machine for sinking the wash-basin (v. כִּיּוֹר) into the well; Tam. III, 8. Kel. XVIII, 2 (ed. Dehr. מִכְנִי). Tosef. Par. III (II), 9 מִיכְנִי. Ḥull. 15ᵇ השוחט במ׳ if one slaughters by means of a machine; a. e.