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Blast :: Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast..

Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed..

Confluent :: Confluent (n.) The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc..

Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam..

Reek :: Reek (n.) Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.

Hail :: Hail (v. i.) To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York..

Cleading :: Cleading (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine..

Due :: Due (a.) Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday..

Towboat :: Towboat (n.) A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

Log :: Log (n.) A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..

Feed :: Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..

Gasket :: Gasket (n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps..

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..

Cushion :: Cushion (n.) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the pisto.

Perennial :: Perennial (a.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant..

Air Pump :: Air pump () A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air..

Blow-out :: Blow-out (n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam..

Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.

Lead :: Lead (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke..

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