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Steam
·noun Any exhalation.
II. Steam ·vi To emit steam or vapor.
III. Steam ·vt To <<Exhale>>.
IV. Ste...
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Pipe
·noun The key or sound of the voice.
II. Pipe ·noun An elongated body or vein of ore.
III. Pipe ·n...
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Pipe
(1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means "bored thro...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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pipe
n.
an obsolete word, explained inquotations.
1836. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 105:
«These w...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pipe
A measure of wine containing two hogsheads, or 125 gallons, equal to half a tun. Also, a peculiar wh...
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Pipe
(Heb. chalil). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root signifying "to bore, perforate" an...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Steam engine
·- An engine moved by steam.
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steam-chest
The reservoir for steam above the water of the boiler; sometimes termed steam-chamber.
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steam-crane
A crane worked by means of a steam-engine.
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steam-cylinder
See cylinder.
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steam-frigate
A large armed steamer commanded by a captain in the navy.
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steam-hoist
A machine in dockyards for driving piles, working pumps, &c.
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steam navigation
The management of vessels propelled by steam-power.
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steam-packet
A steamer employed in trading regularly between two places with goods and passengers.
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steam-ports
Oblong passages leading from the nozzle-faces to the inside of the cylinder; by them the steam enter...
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steam-ram
A new order of war-vessel, fitted for running prow on against an enemy's ship, to stave her in by cr...
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steam-tug
A vessel fitted with a marine steam-engine, and expressly employed for towing ships.
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steam-winch
A machine for hoisting out cargo or working a ship's pumps.
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Air pipe
·- A pipe for the passage of air; ·esp. a ventilating pipe.
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Blast pipe
·- The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as t...
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Flue pipe
·add. ·- A pipe, ·esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air up...
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Pipe clay
·- A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, — used in making tobacco pipes and various kin...
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Pipe layer
·- One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, ·etc.
II. Pipe layer ·- A politi...
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Pipe laying
·- The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, ·etc.
II. Pipe laying ·- The act ...
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Pipe line
·add. ·- A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, ·esp. petroleum,...
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Pipe-line
·add. ·vt To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
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Soil pipe
·add. ·- A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
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Twire-pipe
·noun A vagabond musician.
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Water pipe
·- A pipe for conveying water.
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The Pipe Yard
1) In Whitefriars (Strype, ed 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) In Bristol Street, Pudd...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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clyster pipe
A nick name for an apothecary.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quail-pipe
A woman's tongue; also a device to take birds of that name by imitating their call. Quail pipe boots...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whore pipe
The penis.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pipe-fish
n.
common fishname. The speciespresent in Australia and New Zealand is Ichthyocampusfilum, Gunth., ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pipe-laying
This term, in political parlance, means any arrangement by which a party makes sure of a certain add...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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swine-pipe
i. e. whine-pipe, the Red-wing. Pennant.
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blow-pipe
An engine of offence used by the Araucanians and Borneans, and with the latter termed sumpitan: the ...
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chain-pipe
An aperture through which a chain-cable passes from the chain-well to the deck above.
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deck-pipe
An iron pipe through which the chain cable is paid into the chain-locker.
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eduction pipe
A pipe leading from the bottom of a steam-cylinder to the upper part of the condenser in a steam-eng...
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gas-pipe
A term jocularly applied to the newly-introduced breech-loading rifle.
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hawse-pipe
A cast-iron pipe in the hawse-holes to prevent the cable from cutting the wood.
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injection-pipe
This is fixed in the interior of a marine steam-engine, is fitted with a cock, and communicates with...
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pipe-clay
Known to the ancients under the name of paretonium; formerly indispensable to soldiers as well as th...
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pipe down!
The order to dismiss the men from the deck when a duty has been performed on board ship.
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pipe-fish
A fish of the genus Syngnathus, with an elongated slender body and long tubular mouth.
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atmospheric or single-action steam-engine
A condensing machine, in which the downward stroke of the piston is performed by the pressure of the...
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Old Pipe Yard
South out of Bristol Street to Lime Wharf (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
"The Pipe Yard" (Dodsley, 176...
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blow-off-pipe
, in a steamer, is a pipe at the foot of each boiler, communicating with the sea, and furnished with...
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single-action steam-engine
See atmospheric steam-engine
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steam sloop-of-war
One commanded by a commander.
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London and Continental Steam Wharf
At 83 to 97 Lower East Smithfield, west of the Hermitage Entrance (P.O. Directory).
First mention: ...
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Irongate and St. Katherine's Steam Wharf
East of Tower Wharf (P.O. Directory).
Former name : "Irongate Wharf" (Horwood, 1799-to O.S. ed. 189...
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frame of the marine steam-engine
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...
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putting a steam-engine in gear
This is said when the gab of the eccentric rod is allowed to fall upon its stud on the gab-lever.
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throwing a steam-engine out of gear
Disconnecting the eccentric rod from the gab-lever.
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Carron and London and Continental Steam Wharves, Carron Co
A Wharf on the Thames in East Smithfield, east of Alderman Stairs at 87 to 93 Lower East Smithfield ...
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