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Steamy :: Steamship (n.) A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.

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

Steaminess :: Steamer (n.) The steamer duck.

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

Proveditor :: Proveditor (n.) One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another..

Coal :: Coal (v. i.) To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton..

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

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

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

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

Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations..

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

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

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..

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

Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture..

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..

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..

Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

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..

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