Definition of steamer

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

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Steamboating :: Steamboat (n.) A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers..
Steaminess :: Steamer (n.) The steamer duck.
Screw :: Screw (n.) A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
Stern-wheeler :: Stern-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer..
Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter..
Coal :: Coal (v. i.) To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton..
Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations..
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) 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..
Outgoing :: Outgoing (a.) Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer..
Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture..
Proveditor :: Proveditor (n.) One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..
Signalize :: Signalize (a.) To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer..
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..
Due :: Due (a.) Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday..
Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer..
Texas :: Texas (n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc..
Coal :: Coal (v. t.) To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer..
Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day..
Steamy :: Steamship (n.) A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.
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