1549, "structure of any kind," from M.Fr.
machine "device, contrivance," from L.
machina "machine, engine, fabric, frame, device, trick" (cf. Sp.
maquina, It.
macchina), from Gk.
makhana, Doric variant of
mekhane "device, means," related to
mekhos "means, expedient, contrivance," from PIE
*maghana- "that which enables," from base
*magh- "to be able, have power" (cf. O.C.S.
mogo "be able," O.E.
mæg "I can;" see
might). Main modern sense of "device made of moving parts for applying mechanical power" (1673) probably grew out of 17c. senses of "apparatus, appliance" (1650) and "military siege-tower" (1656). In late 19c. slang the word was used for both "penis" and "vagina," one of the very few to be so honored. Political sense is U.S. slang, first recorded 1876.
Machinery (1687) was originally theatrical, "devices for creating stage effects;" meaning "machines collectively" is attested from 1731.
Machine Age (1922) was coined by Lewis Mumford.
Machine-gun is first attested 1870; the verb is from 1915.
Machine for living (in) "house" translates Le Corbusier's
machine à habiter (1923).
[muh-sheen] 
noun, verb, -chined, -chin⋅ing.