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A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.
v. i.
To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
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A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.
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A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.
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A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
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To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.
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To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.
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A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.
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A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
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A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.
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One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
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Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
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Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
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The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
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A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.
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A steam fire engine. See under Steam.
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The steamer duck.
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A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
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A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
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A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
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