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

Stokehole :: Stoke (v. i.) To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc..

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..

Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

Due :: Due (a.) Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday..

Side-wheel :: Side-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer..

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

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

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

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

Texas :: Texas (n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc..

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..

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

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

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

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

Signalize :: Signalize (a.) To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer..

Steamboating :: Steamboat (n.) A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers..

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

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

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