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

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

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

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

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

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

Signalize :: Signalize (a.) To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer..

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A steam fire engine. See under Steam.

Hogframe :: Hogframe (n.) 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..

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer..

Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.

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

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