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noun

Steamer n.

A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

A steam fire engine. See under Steam.

A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.

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

(Zool.) The steamer duck.

Steamer duck (Zool.), a sea duck (Tachyeres cinereus), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also loggerhead, race horse, and side-wheel duck.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Steamer" Quotes from Famous Books

... many ways of forgetfulness that the East offered, nevertheless they were wistful. Lawson understood, he felt great pity for them. He advised them to get away before they were done for, for the East does for many people in the long run. The launch, waiting to take him down river where the steamer lay anchored, grated against the steps of the landing stage, as if eager to ...

— Civilization - Tales of the Orient • Ellen Newbold La Motte

... to acquire the Dutch stronghold of Curacao, fronting the Atlantic outlet of both the proposed canals of Panama and Nicaragua? Is she prepared to acquiesce in any foreign power purchasing from Haiti a naval station on the Windward Passage, through which pass our steamer routes to the Isthmus? Would she acquiesce in a foreign protectorate over the Sandwich Islands, that great central station of the Pacific, equidistant from San Francisco, Samoa, and the Marquesas, and an important post on our lines of communication ...

— The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future • A. T. Mahan

... island-harbour, without further mishap, they were surprised to find a large steamer at anchor. The captain of it soon explained that extensive damage to the machinery had compelled him to run in there for shelter while the necessary repairs ...

— The Island Queen • R.M. Ballantyne

... a loose, big, soft blue coat in San Francisco, and a dashing little soft hat for the steamer. Rachael never forgot these garments throughout her entire life. It mattered not how countrified the gown under the coat, how plain the shoes on her slender feet. Their beauty, their becomingness, their comfort, actually colored her days. For twenty dollars she was transformed; ...

— The Heart of Rachael • Kathleen Norris

... very shallow, semi-submerged, heavily-armoured steamer, carrying on her open deck either one or two plated revolving turrets, each containing either one or two enormous guns: originally designed by Ericson in the United States during the recent war, ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

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