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Definition of steam
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Steaming
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stea.
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Distribution
::
Distribution
(n.) The steps or
operations
by which steam is
supplied
to and
withdrawn
from the
cylinder
at each
stroke
of the
piston;
viz.,
admission,
suppression
or
cutting
off,
release
or
exhaust,
and
compression
of
exhaust
steam prior to the next
admission..
Lag
::
Lag (n.) The
amount
of
retardation
of
anything,
as of a valve in a steam
engine,
in
opening
or
closing..
Eccentric
::
Eccentric
(a.)
Pertaining
to an
eccentric;
as, the
eccentric
rod in a steam
engine..
Superheat
::
Superheat
(v. t.) To heat, as
steam,
apart from
contact
with
water,
until it
resembles
a
perfect
gas..
Ram
::
Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak
attached
to the prow of a steam war
vessel
for
piercing
or
cutting
down the
vessel
of an
enemy;
also, a
vessel
carrying
such a
beak..
Fireman
::
Fireman
(n.) A man who tends the
fires,
as of a steam
engine;
a
stocker..
Blast
::
Blast (n.) The
exhaust
steam from and
engine,
driving
a
column
of air out of a
boiler
chimney,
and thus
creating
an
intense
draught
through
the fire; also, any
draught
produced
by the
blast..
Exhalation
::
Exhalation
(n.) The act or
process
of
exhaling,
or
sending
forth in the form of steam or
vapor;
evaporation..
Power
::
Power (n.)
Ability,
regarded
as put forth or
exerted;
strength,
force,
or
energy
in
action;
as, the power of steam in
moving
an
engine;
the power of
truth,
or of
argument,
in
producing
conviction;
the power of
enthusiasm..
Volcano
::
Volcano
(n.) A
mountain
or hill,
usually
more or less
conical
in form, from which lava,
cinders,
steam,
sulphur
gases,
and the like, are
ejected;
-- often
popularly
called
a
burning
mountain..
Manhole
::
Manhole
(n.) A hole
through
which a man may
descend
or creep into a
drain,
sewer,
steam
boiler,
parts of
machinery,
etc., for
cleaning
or
repairing..
Economizer
::
Economizer
(n.)
Specifically:
(Steam
Boilers)
An
arrangement
of pipes for
heating
feed water by waste heat in the gases
passing
to the
chimney.
Injector
::
Injector
(n.) A
contrivance
for
forcing
feed water into a steam
boiler
by the
direct
action
of the steam upon the
water.
The water is
driven
into the
boiler
by the
impulse
of a jet of the steam which
becomes
condensed
as soon as it
strikes
the
stream
of cold water it
impels;
-- also
called
Giffard's
injector,
from the
inventor..
Incrustation
::
Incrustation
(n.) A crust or hard
coating
of
anything
upon or
within
a body, as a
deposit
of lime,
sediment,
etc., from water on the inner
surface
of a steam
boiler..
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..
Stack
::
Stack (a.) Any
single
insulated
and
prominent
structure,
or
upright
pipe, which
affords
a
conduit
for
smoke;
as, the brick
smokestack
of a
factory;
the
smokestack
of a steam
vessel..
Wash-off
::
Wash-off
(a.)
Capable
of being
washed
off; not
permanent
or
durable;
-- said of
colors
not fixed by
steaming
or
otherwise.
Lag
::
Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.;
especially
(Mach.),
one of the
narrow
boards
or
staves
forming
the
covering
of a
cylindrical
object,
as a
boiler,
or the
cylinder
of a
carding
machine
or a steam
engine..
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..
Lagging
::
Lagging
(n.) The
clothing
(esp.,
an
outer,
wooden
covering),
as of a steam
cylinder,
applied
to
prevent
the
radiation
of heat; a
covering
of lags; --
called
also
deading
and
cleading..
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