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Definition of steam
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Steam (v. t.) To
exhale.
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Shatter
::
Shatter
(v. t.) To break at once into many
pieces;
to dash,
burst,
or part
violently
into
fragments;
to rend into
splinters;
as, an
explosion
shatters
a rock or a bomb; too much steam
shatters
a
boiler;
an oak is
shattered
by
lightning..
Boil
::
Boil (v.) To be
agitated,
or
tumultuously
moved,
as a
liquid
by the
generation
and
rising
of
bubbles
of steam (or
vapor),
or of
currents
produced
by
heating
it to the
boiling
point;
to be in a state of
ebullition;
as, the water
boils..
Supervise
::
Supervise
(v. t.) To
oversee
for
direction;
to
superintend;
to
inspect
with
authority;
as, to
supervise
the
construction
of a steam
engine,
or the
printing
of a
book..
Traffic
::
Traffic
(v.) The
business
done upon a
railway,
steamboat
line, etc., with
reference
to the
number
of
passengers
or the
amount
of
freight
carried..
Windlass
::
Windlass
(n.) A
machine
for
raising
weights,
consisting
of a
horizontal
cylinder
or
roller
moving
on its axis, and
turned
by a
crank,
lever,
or
similar
means,
so as to wind up a rope or chain
attached
to the
weight.
In
vessels
the
windlass
is often used
instead
of the
capstan
for
raising
the
anchor.
It is
usually
set upon the
forecastle,
and is
worked
by hand or
steam..
Piston
::
Piston
(n.) A
sliding
piece which
either
is moved by, or moves
against,
fluid
pressure.
It
usually
consists
of a short
cylinder
fitting
within
a
cylindrical
vessel
along which it
moves,
back and
forth.
It is used in steam
engines
to
receive
motion
from the
steam,
and in pumps to
transmit
motion
to a
fluid;
also for other
purposes..
Crosshead
::
Crosshead
(n.) A beam or bar
across
the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block
attached
to it and
carrying
a
knuckle
pin; as the solid
crosspiece
running
between
parallel
slides,
which
receives
motion
from the
piston
of a steam
engine
and
imparts
it to the
connecting
rod, which is
hinged
to the
crosshead..
Pack
::
Pack (n.) To
render
impervious,
as by
filling
or
surrounding
with
suitable
material,
or to fit or
adjust
so as to move
without
giving
passage
to air,
water,
or
steam;
as, to pack a
joint;
to pack the
piston
of a steam
engine..
Passenger
::
Passenger
(n.) A
traveler
by some
established
conveyance,
as a
coach,
steamboat,
railroad
train,
etc..
Generator
::
Generator
(n.) An
apparatus
in which vapor or gas is
formed
from a
liquid
or solid by means of heat or
chemical
process,
as a steam
boiler,
gas
retort,
or
vessel
for
generating
carbonic
acid gas, etc..
Slow
::
Slow (v. t.) To
render
slow; to
slacken
the speed of; to
retard;
to
delay;
as, to slow a
steamer..
Sea Cock
::
Sea cock () In a
steamship,
a cock or valve close to the
vessel's
side, for
closing
a pipe which
communicates
with the sea..
Screw
::
Screw (n.) A steam vesel
propelled
by a screw
instead
of
wheels;
a screw
steamer;
a
propeller.
Link
::
Link (n.) Any
intermediate
rod or piece for
transmitting
force or
motion,
especially
a short
connecting
rod with a
bearing
at each end;
specifically
(Steam
Engine),
the
slotted
bar, or
connecting
piece,
to the
opposite
ends of which the
eccentric
rods are
jointed,
and by means of which the
movement
of the valve is
varied,
in a link
motion..
Indicate
::
Indicate
(v. t.) To
investigate
the
condition
or power of, as of steam
engine,
by means of an
indicator..
Clothing
::
Clothing
(n.) A
covering
of
non-conducting
material
on the
outside
of a
boiler,
or steam
chamber,
to
prevent
radiation
of
heat..
Siren
::
Siren (n.) An
instrument
for
producing
musical
tones and for
ascertaining
the
number
of sound waves or
vibrations
per
second
which
produce
a note of a given
pitch.
The
sounds
are
produced
by a
perforated
rotating
disk or
disks.
A form with two disks
operated
by steam or
highly
compressed
air is used
sounding
an alarm to
vessels
in fog.
Aeolipyle
::
Aeolipyle
(n.) An
apparatus
consisting
chiefly
of a
closed
vessel
(as a globe or
cylinder)
with one or more
projecting
bent
tubes,
through
which steam is made to pass from the
vessel,
causing
it to
revolve..
Subtilization
::
Subtilization
(n.) The
operation
of
making
so
volatile
as to rise in steam or
vapor.
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..
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