Trunk steamer

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  ·noun The steamer duck. II. Steamer ·noun A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat. I...

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• steamer

  A pipe. A swell steamer; a long pipe, such as is used by gentlemen to smoke. ...

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• steamer

  n. obsolete name for a colonial dish.See quotation. 1820. Lieut. C. Jeffreys, R.N., `Geographical a...

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• Trunk

  ·noun The proboscis of an <<Insect>>. II. Trunk ·noun The proboscis of an <<Elephant>>. III. Trunk...

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• trunk

  A nose. How fares your old trunk? does your nose still stand fast? an allusion to the proboscis or t...

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• trunk

  (See rudder-trunk.) Also, a large species of turtle. Also, a place for keeping fish in. Also, an iro...

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• Turret steamer

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• paddle-steamer

  A steam-ship propelled through the water by paddle-wheels. ...

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• Trunk engine

  ·add. ·- An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustion engines. ...

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• Trunk piston

  ·add. ·- In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of...

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• rudder-trunk

  A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port,...

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• trunk-engine

  A direct-acting steam-engine, in which the end of the connecting-rod is attached to the bottom of a ...

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• trunk-fish

  A name of the Ostracion, a fish remarkable for having its body encased in an inflexible armour of ha...

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• trunk of a fishing-vessel

  A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...

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