A machine for hoisting out cargo or working a ship's pumps.
·noun A <<Wince>>. II. Winch ·noun A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness. III. Winc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[from the Anglo-Saxon wince]. A purchase formed by a shaft whose extremities rest in two channels pl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Any exhalation. II. Steam ·vi To emit steam or vapor. III. Steam ·vt To <<Exhale>>. IV. Ste...
See whirl ...
The supports near their ends. ...
·- 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 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 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 ...