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Sterquilinous :: Stern-wheeler (n.) A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.

Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

Saloon :: Saloon (n.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat..

Propeller :: Propeller (n.) A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.

Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.

Calliope :: Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers..

Barge :: Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat..

Wood :: Wood (v. t.) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive..

Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..

Steamboating :: Steamboating (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats..

Steam Engine :: Steamboating (n.) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards..

Traffic :: Traffic (v.) The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried..

Tug :: Tug (n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat..

Passenger :: Passenger (n.) A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc..

Steamboating :: Steamboat (n.) A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers..

Slush :: Slush (n.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation..

Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket..

Snag :: Snag (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree..

Runner :: Runner (n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc..

Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat..

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