The reservoir for steam above the water of the boiler; sometimes termed steam-chamber.
·vi To place in a coffin. II. Chest ·noun A <<Coffin>>. III. Chest ·noun Strife; contention; contr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. 'aron, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
By this word are translated in the Authorized Version two distinct Hebrew terms: • Aron ; this is i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun Any exhalation. II. Steam ·vi To emit steam or vapor. III. Steam ·vt To <<Exhale>>. IV. Ste...
·- A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and...
A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlas...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The same with the guest or gift rope, and is added to the boat-rope when the boat is towed astern of...
A large chest containing the medical necessaries that may be required for 100 men during the cruize....
·- An engine moved by steam. ...
A crane worked by means of a steam-engine. ...
See cylinder. ...
A large armed steamer commanded by a captain in the navy. ...
A machine in dockyards for driving piles, working pumps, &c. ...
The management of vessels propelled by steam-power. ...
A steamer employed in trading regularly between two places with goods and passengers. ...
See waste steam-pipe. ...
Oblong passages leading from the nozzle-faces to the inside of the cylinder; by them the steam enter...
A new order of war-vessel, fitted for running prow on against an enemy's ship, to stave her in by cr...
A vessel fitted with a marine steam-engine, and expressly employed for towing ships. ...
A machine for hoisting out cargo or working a ship's pumps. ...
A shoe-black's brush and wig, &c. Irish. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An ancient institution, restored and established by an order in council of Queen Elizabeth, in 1590,...
A condensing machine, in which the downward stroke of the piston is performed by the pressure of the...
See atmospheric steam-engine ...
One commanded by a commander. ...
At 83 to 97 Lower East Smithfield, west of the Hermitage Entrance (P.O. Directory). First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
East of Tower Wharf (P.O. Directory). Former name : "Irongate Wharf" (Horwood, 1799-to O.S. ed. 189...
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...
This is said when the gab of the eccentric rod is allowed to fall upon its stud on the gab-lever. ...
Disconnecting the eccentric rod from the gab-lever. ...
A Wharf on the Thames in East Smithfield, east of Alderman Stairs at 87 to 93 Lower East Smithfield ...