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us Plectropterus and allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose (P. Gambensis) and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Ægyptiaca). -- Spur-winged plover (Zoöl.), an Old World plover (Hoplopterus spinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa…

A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

ith seats for passengers. -- Stern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels.stern wheeler.

A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. [Colloq. U.S.]

A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.

See Tambourine. Spenser.

A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]

of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.

A tambourine. [Obs.]

The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried. Traffic return, a periodical statement of the receipts for goods and passengers, as on a railway line. -- Traffic taker, a computer of the returns of traffic on a railway, steamboat line…

A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.

The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.

The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. [Written also whanghee.]

To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.

erries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab- yaws.