A new order of war-vessel, fitted for running prow on against an enemy's ship, to stave her in by crushing.
·noun The plunger of a hydraulic press. II. Ram ·vt To fill or compact by pounding or driving. III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
elevated; sublime ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Exalted. 1) The son of Hezron, and one of the ancestors of the royal line (Ruth 4:19). The margin o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A long spar, iron-hooped at the ends, used for driving out blocks from beneath a vessel's keel, and ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(high, exalted). • A son of Hezron and the father of Ammin-adab, born in Egypt after Jacob's migrat...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun Any exhalation. II. Steam ·vi To emit steam or vapor. III. Steam ·vt To <<Exhale>>. IV. Ste...
·noun A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally. II. Battering-ram ·noun An engine ...
·- An hydraulic ram. ...
(Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for maki...
In Cock Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758) Qy. = Ram Inn, West Smithfield. Name derived from t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
1) On the south side of Fenchurch Street, at the western end. In Langbourne Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1...
A he cat. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See ram. ...
An old word for halliard-block. ...
Synonymous with bull-dance. ...
·- 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. ...
Oblong passages leading from the nozzle-faces to the inside of the cylinder; by them the steam enter...
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. ...
To drive home the ammunition in a gun. ...
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. ...
See Hare Place. ...
At 83 to 97 Lower East Smithfield, west of the Hermitage Entrance (P.O. Directory). First mention: ...
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 ...