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Scald :: Scald (n.) A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam..

Rupture :: Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion..

Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..

Saloon :: Saloon (n.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat..

Calorimeter :: Calorimeter (n.) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.

Trunnion :: Trunnion (n.) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam..

Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc..

Chest :: Chest (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ..

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..

Runner :: Runner (n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc..

Wood :: Wood (v. t.) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive..

Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4..

Lag :: Lag (n.) The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing..

Standpoint :: Standpipe (n.) A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam..

Motor :: Motor (n.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work..

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

Jarring :: "Jarring (n.) A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines..

Soleplate :: Soleplate (n.) A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a steam engine..

Exhaust :: Exhaust (a.) Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work..

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine..

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