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A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter. A team of ducklings about her. Holland.

Yoked in, or as in, a team. [Obs.] Let their teamed fishes softly swim. Spenser.

The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.

One who drives a team.

Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.

Any exhalation. "A steam og rich, distilled perfumes." Milton. Dry steam, steam which does not contain water held in suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to superheated steam. -- Exhaust steam. See under Exhaust. -- High steam, or High-pressure steam, steam of which the pressure greatly exceeds that of the a…

An engine moved by steam.

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.

The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.

A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.

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

Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous; misty. Cowper.

A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, but not of whaleback form at the sides.

A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft.

To unyoke a team from. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

ed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.]

To, in, or on the field. "We drove afield." Milton. How jocund did they drive their team afield! Gray.

ime. The gate would have been shut against her. Fielding. An argument against the use of steam. Tyndale.

A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.