| 单词 | steamchest | 
| 释义 | > as lemmassteam-chest  C2.   With reference to heating, cooking, or washing by steam, and in the names of implements and apparatus used in these processes, as  steam-bakery,  steam-bath,  steam-box,  steam-chamber,  steam-chest,  steam-coil,  steam-kiln,  steam-kitchen,  steam-laundry,  steam-oven,  steam-pan,  steam-pipe,  †steam-pot,  steam radiator,  steam-table,  steam-tank,  steam-tube, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > 			[noun]		 > bathing > a bath > hot air or steam bath stew1390 stovec1485 stufe1541 stow1614 furo1615 Turkish bath1644 estuary1657 steam-bath1725 Russian bath1770 stufa1832 sweat-bath1877 sauna1881 shvitz1937 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > 			[noun]		 > a device for heating or warming > heater using steam steam radiator1725 steam heatera1884 pressure heater1893 1725    R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Gooseberry-wine  				When it is thoroughly cold it is put into a Steam-Pot. 1794    J. B. S. Morritt Let. 24 June 		(1914)	 ii. 47  				After a violent steam bath, they would run out and roll in the snow. 1797    Encycl. Brit. XVII. 772/2  				Steam-Kitchen. 1827    M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 133  				The figure represents an arrangement in which a saucepan is converted into a temporary steam chamber. 1828    R. Duppa Trav. Italy 142  				The steam-baths of Dædalus..consist of several sudorific grottos. 1832    Boston 		(Lincs.)	 Herald 20 Nov. 4/3  				A new patent steam-oven for baking bread. 1856    E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 421  				We have passed wooden steam-tubes through the deck-house to carry off the vapors of our cooking-stove. 1857    W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 672  				Heat, furnished by steam-pipes. 1862    Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II.  xxxi. 7/2  				Steam Table for dishing up. 1862    Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II.  xxxi. 8/1  				Steam Kettles of copper or block tin, for boiling meat, vegetables, puddings, &c. 1869    Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 427 in  U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV  				The food is cooked in a large steam-box. 1879    Bradstreet's 22 Nov. 2/1  				In close rooms close stoves are better than steam radiators. 1897    W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 142  				The reeking steam-table, with its great tanks of soup and vegetables. 1903    G. Ade In Babel 29  				For ten years it had braced itself against the onsweeping rush of big machine-shops and steam-bakeries. 1962    A. Lurie Love & Friendship xii. 228  				That..asthma kind of like a steam radiator. 1977    C. McCullough Thorn Birds xi. 251  				Hot nights in Gilly were bearable compared to this steam bath. steam-chest  C3.   In the names of the various contrivances for containing, conveying, or regulating the steam in a steam-engine, as  steam-box,  steam-case,  steam-chamber,  steam-chest,  steam-cock,  †steam-course,  steam-cylinder,  steam-dome,  steam-gauge,  steam-pipe,  steam-port,  steam-stack,  steam trap,  steam-valve,  steam-way, etc. ΚΠ 1765    Watt in  Muirhead Invent. Watt 		(1854)	 I. 4  				The moment the steam-cock was opened, the piston descended with rapidity. 1769    Watt in  Muirhead Invent. Watt 		(1854)	 I. 53  				To-day I stopped the neck of the steam-pipe where it enters the cylinder. 1769    Watt in  Muirhead Invent. Watt 		(1854)	 I. 73  				The size of the steam-valve is six square inches. 1797    J. Curr Coal Viewer 41  				A steam chest [in a fire-engine] upon a good construction, (a) being the steam valve. 1825    ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 181  				C, the steam-gauge. 1825    ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 207  				Fans..opening and closing the steam-course. 1838    Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 139/2  				The jacket of an 80-inch steam cylinder. 1839    R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 51  				Sliding the valve up or down will permit this steam to enter the cylinder, either by the upper or lower steam port. 1873    G. E. Webster Steam Eng. & Steam  i. 61  				The Steam Dome serves the purpose of drying the steam. 1875    E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.  				Steam-way, a passage leading from the steam-port of a valve to the cylinder. 1877    E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.  				Steam-trap, a self-acting device for the discharge of condensed water from steam-engines or steam-pipes. 1935    J. Joyce Let. 28 Aug. 		(1957)	 381  				I would also like a pleasure yacht with a steamstack. 1955    Times 12 July 1/6  				Before ordering any steam trap ask for its expectation of life. It is no use saving on steam equipment to pay it out later servicing traps. < as lemmas | 
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