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A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.

One who squalls; a screamer.

stark manner; stiffly; strongly. Its onward force too starky pent In figure, bone, and lineament. Emerson.

To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor. The dissolved amber . . . steamed away into the air. Boyle.

steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.

A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.

Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.

To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.

to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. Milton.

e of crushed maize mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.

A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc. [Western U.S.] Knight.

ng down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft. -- Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.

, a sob arose. Jeffrey. At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer. C. Mackay.

Feature; lineament; trait. Of many faces, eyes, and hearts, To have the touches dearest prized. Shak.

A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.] The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. Bacon.

s pretty, fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender stalk. -- Twin-screw steamer, a steam vessel propelled by two screws, one on either side of the plane of the keel.

ved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. -- Under fire, exposed to an e…

To misdirect; to mislead. [Obs.] who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest. Fuller.

controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.