Usually means: Ancient steam engine using jets.
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  1. eolipile: Merriam-Webster
  2. eolipile: Collins English Dictionary
  3. eolipile: Wordnik
  4. eolipile: Wiktionary
  5. eolipile: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. eolipile: Dictionary.com
  7. Eolipile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. eolipile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Eolipile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. eolipile: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. eolipile: FreeDictionary.org
  12. eolipile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Eolipile)

noun:  Alternative form of aeolipile [A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation.]

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