Oblong passages leading from the nozzle-faces to the inside of the cylinder; by them the steam enters and returns, above and below the piston.
, or port-holes. The square apertures in the sides of a ship through which to point and fire the o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Any exhalation. II. Steam ·vi To emit steam or vapor. III. Steam ·vt To <<Exhale>>. IV. Ste...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; — viz., Hastings, Romn...
Large scuttles in ships' bows for the admission of air, when the other ports are down. The Americans...
Square holes cut in the sides of merchantmen for taking in ballast. But should be securely barred an...
The gun-ports at the bows and through the stern of a war-ship. ...
Those which lie up rivers; a term in contradistinction to out-ports. ...
Ports cut down on the middle gun-deck of three-deckers, to serve as door-ways for persons going in a...
See ports. ...
In frigates, stern-ports cut through the gun-room. ...
A sort of one-inch deal shutter for the upper half of those ports which have no hanging lids; the lo...
Those commercial harbours which lie on the coasts; all ports in the United Kingdom out of London. (S...
Those made in the after side-timbers, and especially in round-stern vessels. They are inconvenient f...
Certain scuttles or square holes, formerly cut through the sides of the smaller vessels of war, near...
The ports made between the stern-timbers. ...
·- An engine moved by steam. ...
The reservoir for steam above the water of the boiler; sometimes termed steam-chamber. ...
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. ...
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. ...
These are five highly privileged stations, the once great emporiums of British commerce and maritime...
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. ...
Otherwise lord warden (which see). ...
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 ...