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Definition of steam
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Stealthy
(superl.)
Done by
stealth;
accomplished
clandestinely;
unperceived;
secret;
furtive;
sly.
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Blast Pipe
::
Blast pipe () The
exhaust
pipe of a steam
engine,
or any pipe
delivering
steam or air, when so
constructed
as to cause a
blast..
Drum
::
Drum (n.) A sheet iron
radiator,
often in the shape of a drum, for
warming
an
apartment
by means of heat
received
from a
stovepipe,
or a
cylindrical
receiver
for
steam,
etc..
Hydro-electric
::
Hydro-electric
(a.)
Pertaining
to,
employed
in, or
produced
by, the
evolution
of
electricity
by means of a
battery
in which water or steam is
used..
Collapse
::
Collapse
(v. i.) To fall
together
suddenly,
as the sides of a
hollow
vessel;
to close by
falling
or
shrinking
together;
to have the sides or parts of (a
thing)
fall in
together,
or be
crushed
in
together;
as, a flue in the
boiler
of a steam
engine
sometimes
collapses..
Emit
::
Emit (v. t.) To send
forth;
to throw or give out; to cause to
issue;
to give vent to; to
eject;
to
discharge;
as, fire emits heat and
smoke;
boiling
water emits
steam;
the sun emits
light..
Welt
::
Welt (n.) In steam
boilers
and
sheet-iron
work, a strip
riveted
upon the edges of
plates
that form a butt
joint..
Pipe
::
Pipe (n.) A small bowl with a
hollow
steam,
-- used in
smoking
tobacco,
and,
sometimes,
other
substances..
Caliduct
::
Caliduct
(n.) A pipe or duct used to
convey
hot air or
steam.
Fly
::
Fly (v. i.) A heavy
wheel,
or cross arms with
weights
at the ends on a
revolving
axis, to
regulate
or
equalize
the
motion
of
machinery
by means of its
inertia,
where the power
communicated,
or the
resistance
to be
overcome,
is
variable,
as in the steam
engine
or the
coining
press.
See Fly wheel
(below)..
Steamboat
::
Steam (v. t.) To
expose
to the
action
of
steam;
to apply steam to for
softening,
dressing,
or
preparing;
as, to steam wood; to
steamcloth;
to steam food, etc..
Locomotive
::
Locomotive
(n.) A
locomotive
engine;
a
self-propelling
wheel
carriage,
especially
one which bears a steam
boiler
and one or more steam
engines
which
communicate
motion
to the
wheels
and thus
propel
the
carriage,
-- used to
convey
goods or
passengers,
or to draw
wagons,
railroad
cars, etc. See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Gas
::
Gas (n.) An
aeriform
fluid;
-- a term used at first by
chemists
as
synonymous
with air, but since
restricted
to
fluids
supposed
to be
permanently
elastic,
as
oxygen,
hydrogen,
etc., in
distinction
from
vapors,
as
steam,
which
become
liquid
on a
reduction
of
temperature.
In
present
usage,
since all of the
supposed
permanent
gases have been
liquified
by cold and
pressure,
the term has
resumed
nearly
its
original
signification,
and is
applied
to any
substance
in the
elastic
or
aeriform
state..
Superheater
::
Superheat
(n.) The
increase
of
temperature
communicated
to steam by
superheating
it.
Indicator
::
Indicator
(n.) A
pressure
gauge;
a water
gauge,
as for a steam
boiler;
an
apparatus
or
instrument
for
showing
the
working
of a
machine
or
moving
part.
Soleplate
::
Soleplate
(n.) A
bedplate;
as, the
soleplate
of a steam
engine..
Subtilization
::
Subtilization
(n.) The
operation
of
making
so
volatile
as to rise in steam or
vapor.
Frigate
::
Frigate
(n.)
Originally,
a
vessel
of the
Mediterranean
propelled
by sails and by oars. The
French,
about 1650,
transferred
the name to
larger
vessels,
and by 1750 it had been
appropriated
for a class of war
vessels
intermediate
between
corvettes
and ships of the line.
Frigates,
from about 1750 to 1850, had one full
battery
deck and,
often,
a spar deck with a
lighter
battery.
They
carried
sometimes
as many as fifty guns. After the
application
of steam to
navigation
steam
frigates
of
largely
incre
Regulate
::
Regulate
(v. t.) To
adjust,
or
maintain,
with
respect
to a
desired
rate,
degree,
or
condition;
as, to
regulate
the
temperature
of a room, the
pressure
of
steam,
the speed of a
machine,
etc..
Whistle
::
Whistle
(v. i.) To make a
shrill
sound with a wind or steam
instrument,
somewhat
like that made with the lips; to blow a
sharp,
shrill
tone..
Exhalation
::
Exhalation
(n.) The act or
process
of
exhaling,
or
sending
forth in the form of steam or
vapor;
evaporation..
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