steam-tug

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• Tug

  ·noun A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. II. Tug ·noun An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to whi...

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• tug

  A vessel for towing in and out of harbours and the like. (See steam-tug.) ...

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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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• timber-tug

  Kent. The carriage of a waggon for conveying timber, with a long perch, which may be adapted to any ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• tug, to

  [from the Anglo-Saxon teogan, to pull]. It now signifies to hang on the oars, and get but little or ...

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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-pipe

  See waste steam-pipe. ...

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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-winch

  A machine for hoisting out cargo or working a ship's pumps. ...

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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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• 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: ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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 ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.