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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Self-con·tained a.
 1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
 2. Mach. Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
 Self-contained steam engine. (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable steam engine.