Steamer
['stiːmə] or ['stimɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a ship powered by one or more steam engines.
(noun.) a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it.
(verb.) travel by means of steam power; 'The ship steamed off into the Pacific'.
Typist: Wilhelmina--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
(n.) A steam fire engine. See under Steam.
(n.) A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.
(n.) A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.
(n.) The steamer duck.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Steamboat, steamship.
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Examples
- I took passage on a steamer at Ripley, Ohio, for Pittsburg, about the middle of May, 1839. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One of these fat bare-footed rascals came here to Civita Vecchia with us in the little French steamer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Horribly--especially when I see all my friends rushing to the steamer. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In addition to this he had far under way a steamer for plying between Chattanooga and Bridgeport whenever we might get possession of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I left the steamer at Gravesend, and discovered that the Indians had gone from that place to London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It always IS a steamer, Miss Abbey,' cried another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the early history of steam navigation the side wheel steamer was the favorite, and was employed for ocean travel as well as for inland waters. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Here he kept a great mass of wood, high piled, ready to be ignited as a signal should a steamer or a sail top the far horizon. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The engines and paddle wheels of the Adirondack are distinctly representative of the modern American side wheel steamer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There was, if my memory serves me, but one small steamer to transport troops and baggage when the 4th infantry arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In twenty-four hours, I have no doubt, the Eparch will give you plenty of men; and it will not take a very long time for a steamer to reach here. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In 1824 the Enterprise, an English steamer, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and went to India. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It's a steamer, Miss Abbey,' cried one blurred figure in the fog. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Look, Mother, there's the smoke of the steamer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I was obliged to go to St. Louis to take a steamer for Louisville or Cincinnati, or the first steamer going up the Ohio River to any point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Steamers plied daily between San Francisco and both Stockton and Sacramento. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They seemed to be very fond of coming up on steamers under flags of truce. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Some of my men were engaged in firing from captured guns at empty steamers down the river, out of range, cheering at every shot. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His troops were still east of the river, and the steamers that had carried Nelson's division up were mostly at Clarksville to bring Smith's division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Admiral Porter proceeded with the preparation of the steamers for their hazardous passage of the enemy's batteries. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On arriving at Clarksville I saw a fleet of steamers at the shore--the same that had taken Nelson's division--and troops going aboard. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All but two of the steamers were commanded by volunteers from the army, and all but one so manned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The navy was the only escort and protection for these steamers, all of which in getting below had to run about fourteen miles of batteries. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At that day ocean steamers were rare, and what there were were sidewheelers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The four machines can be moved to any part of the dock to which steamers are moored and four ships can be unloaded rapidly at one time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With this vessel and the ram Webb, which they had had for some time in the Red River, and two other steamers, they followed the Indianola. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Even if the canal had proven a success, so far as to be navigable for steamers, it could not have been of much advantage to us. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is now past midnight; so, if you can catch one of those steamers before to-morrow night, you will be in Syra by the next day. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- By the time she had been hailed and stopped, both steamers were drifting away from us, and we were rising and falling in a troubled wake of water. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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