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Steaminess :: Steamer (n.) The steamer duck.

Proveditor :: Proveditor (n.) One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another..

Side-wheel :: Side-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer..

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Steamy :: Steamship (n.) A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.

Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day..

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

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..

Coal :: Coal (v. t.) To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer..

Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

Outgoing :: Outgoing (a.) Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer..

Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations..

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

Ply :: Ply (v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports..

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..

Stokehole :: Stoke (v. i.) To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc..

Texas :: Texas (n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc..

Stern-wheeler :: Stern-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer..

Coal :: Coal (v. i.) To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton..

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