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noun

Steamer n.

A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

A steam fire engine. See under Steam.

A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.

A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.

(Zool.) The steamer duck.

Steamer duck (Zool.), a sea duck (Tachyeres cinereus), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also loggerhead, race horse, and side-wheel duck.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Steamer" Quotes from Famous Books

... common in it, and that the theory seems to him as worthy of trial as Hedgecock's quadrant, which he took with him once on a journey to New York, arriving safely with a single observation of the height of the steamer's funnel. ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, Issue 35, September, 1860 • Various

... they heard was a stir from the deck of the steamer. Then from the water below them came the rattle of rowlocks ...

— The Spoilers • Rex Beach

... Jack in particular had been quite "chummy" on the voyage across the Atlantic, and through the submarine zone, as related in "Air Service Boys Flying for France." The last he had seen of her was when she waved her hand to him when leaving the steamer at its English port. Her stern guardian had contracted a violent dislike for Jack, so that the two had latterly been compelled to meet only in secret ...

— Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines - The German Spy's Secret • Charles Amory Beach

... Acapulco, and I inclose a draft for one thousand dollars for your expenses. I would advise you to go to the Palmetto Hotel, which is a good family house, and I will write to you there and send another draft. In fact, I expect you will find my letter when you arrive, for the mail-steamer will probably reach San Francisco before you do. Please write to me as soon as you get there, and address me here, care of Nasco, ...

— The Adventures of Captain Horn • Frank Richard Stockton

... other two of us, seed all our Company hoff, and then we quietly took our seats, and I bleeves as I can truly say, that, neether in the eatable line, or the drinkable line, was there any waste in that there bootiful Steamer that there ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 • Various

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