steamern.

Brit.

/ˈstiːmə/, U.S.

/ˈstimər/

Etymology: < steam v. steam n. + -er suffix¹.

1. A person who steams; a person employed in some process of steaming.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who scalds or steams

scalder1536

steamer1832

1832 Min. Evid. Comm. Factories Bill 27 You say you were taken to be a steamer: are not very stout and healthy youths usually selected for that purpose?—Yes.

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 69 Calico, Steamer.

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 64 Woollen Cloth Manuf., Steamer.

1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Feb. 380/1 Hatting Operatives..Proofers, including ‘stovers’..and ‘steamers’.

a. An apparatus for steaming (in various technical processes); a vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, cookery, etc.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for performing other processes

purchase1711

adjuster1747

concentrator1804

steamer1814

isolator1855

spacer1857

tumbler1857

plough1860

aspirator1863

trap1877

tumbling-box1877

plicater1880

comparator1883

tumbler-drum1883

rumbling barrel1894

copier1917

programmer1945

simulator1947

tensioner1950

platformer1953

hydrogasifier1966

snubber1972

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > other types of pot or pan

olla1535

pipkin1554

marmite1581

diet-pot1617

pipkinet1647

chocolate pot1676

gotch1691

lead1741

puchero1791

steamer1814

bake pot1822

kedgeree-pot1824

braising-pan1825

handi1847

craggan1880

yabba1889

sufuria1891

dixie1900

Revere1901

pressure cooker1914

pressure saucepan1940

li1945

wok1952

li ting1958

firepot1959

fondue pot1959

tian1978

1814 Sporting Mag. 43 275 Stew-pans, hot dressers, steamers, digesters.

1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 605 Place them in a vegetable steamer, and steam them well for half an hour.

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 177 Kiln, Stove, or Steamer.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Steamer, a spare top fitting on a saucepan, with holes at the bottom, for cooking potatoes by steam.

1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 777 Steamer, Copper, with spirit lamp and tray, for softening poroplastic jackets, etc.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 551 If bales of dry wools and hairs were placed in steamers—as is done in the melange printing process.

b. Applied to a boiler in respect to its power of generating steam.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > types of

steam-boiler1805

boiler1818

generator1823

wagon-boiler1837

Cornish boiler1840

saddle boiler1840

French boiler1844

vomiting-boiler1844

water-tube boiler1850

feed-heater1864

Scotch boiler1877

cross-tubea1884

steamer1891

flash generator1903

flash steam generator1907

waste-heat boiler1930

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The boiler is an excellent steamer.

†3. slang. A tobacco-pipe. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe

pipe1588

tobacco-pipe1596

gage1676

gun1708

tube1736

steamer1811

gum-bucket1893

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Steamer, a pipe. A swell steamer; a long pipe, such as is used by gentlemen to smoke.

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang (at cited word) ‘Keep up the steam or steamer,’ to smoke indefatigably.

†4. Australian. A dish of stewed kangaroo. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > kangaroo dish

steamer1820

1820 C. Jeffreys Van Dieman's Land 70

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xvii. 309 Our largest animals are the kangaroos, all of which are fine eating,..the favourite dish being..a steamer.

1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing xxvi.

5. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat, steamship.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine

steamboat1787

steamship1819

smoker1825

steamer1825

steam-vessel1825

smoke-boat1867

S.S.1868

puffer1901

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 46 The Brighton Steamer to Dieppe.

1828 W. Scott Let. 18 July (1936) X. 476 Though not afraid of a breeze in a good sea-boat I should not relish it much in a steamer for if any part of the machinery goes wrong [etc.].

1847 Bentinck in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 143 We had five war steamers lying in the Tagus and Douro.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xiv A stately ocean steamer.

1897 Daily News 23 Sept. 5/3 The word ‘steamer’ still suggests to most people a vessel with a pair of funnels and a pair of paddles.

a. A steam-propelled road-locomotive, traction-engine or the like. rare.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > steam-powered

steam-engine1815

steamer1837

1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 202 The steamers on the railroad can carry their own materials, which the steamers on common roads cannot so conveniently do.

1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Aug. 4 The reports on Thomson's ‘road steamer’ made to the War Department.

b. A motor car driven by steam.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > steam-powered > steam car

steam-car1833

steamer1900

1900 Daily News 14 Nov. 6/3 Trevithick constructed a road steamer that made its appearance upon the Cornish highways on the Christmas Eve of 1801.

1901 Morning Leader 18 Dec. 6/4 The War Office has again been testing motor transport vehicles, mostly steamers.

c. A steam locomotive engine or train.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive

steam locomotive1812

steam-engine1815

steamer1837

Puffing Billy1848

1837 W. Tayler Diary 22 Sept. (1962) 51 We passed the Southampton rail road and was just in time to see the steamer go past, with about forty cars fastened to it full of gravel.

1961 Times 16 Aug. 9/4 This strong feeling, stimulated in this decade by the departure of the ‘steamer’, has served to produce something of a golden age in railway literature.1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Nov. 1377/3 All over Britain people are banding together to buy, restore and, they hope, run a steamer.1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath ix. 156 I meant a real locomotive. A steamer.1981 Railway Mag. Mar. 115/3 No. 765 is the first main-line steamer of the decade to be returned to active duty.

a. A fire-engine the pumps of which are worked by steam.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > fire-engine > specific kinds of

manual1866

steamer1870

propeller1901

pumper1912

green goddess1973

1870 Daily News 15 Oct. 7/4 Alarming Fire at the Gaiety Restaurant... The ‘call’ for engines was rapidly responded to, no fewer than eight steamers being soon present.

1876 E. M. Shaw Fire Protection 63 The proper course would be..to remove the hose to the steamer, and attach the steamer's suction-pipe to the hydrant.

1886 Manch. Examiner 8 Jan. 6/1 Steamers and manuals from all parts of the metropolis arrived at the fire.

b. A steam thrashing-machine.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > machine or device for

waina1382

mill1669

threshing machine1735

threshing mill1768

thrashing machine1771

thresher1778

thrashing mill1790

steamer1898

1898 H. R. Haggard Farmer's Year Feb. (1899) 104 The steamer began to work at the All Hallows Farm on the little stack of barley.

1900 H. Lawson On Track 75 He reaped it by hand, had it thrashed by travelling ‘steamer’ (portable steam engine and machine).

a. (transferred from sense 5) The duck Tachyeres (or Micropterus) cinereus (or brachypterus) of the Falkland Islands; the loggerhead or race-horse. Also steamer-duck.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > tachyeres brachypterus (steamer)

racehorsea1769

loggerhead1776

steamer1827

logger-headed duck1839

1827 P. P. King Voy. Adventure & Beagle I. 35 Here we saw, for the first time, that most remarkable bird the Steamer-duck.

1827 P. P. King Voy. Adventure & Beagle I. 36 I am averse to altering names..; but in this case I do think the name of ‘steamer’ much more appropriate and descriptive of the swift paddling motion of these birds, than that of ‘race-horse’.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xii. 257 These birds [sc. loggerheaded duck or goose] were in former days called, from their extraordinary manner of paddling and splashing upon the water, race-horses; but now they are named,..steamers.

1895 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. IV. 357 The steamer-duck (Tachyeres cinereus) of the Falkland Islands and Patagonia.

b. = long-neck clam at long neck n. 3b, frequently eaten as a delicacy. Also steamer clam.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves

cockOE

cockle1311

conch?1527

palour1589

conchyle1610

bivalvular1677

bivalve1684

nut-mussel1705

concha1755

cuckolda1757

Acephala1802

pullet1803

ciliograde1835

conchifer1835

acephalan1840

acephal1845

bivalvian1863

pelecypod1875

tea-clam1883

steamer clam1909

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > other edible molluscs

musseleOE

palour1589

ormer1637

mutton-fish1830

pipia1837

abalone1850

moule1867

toheroa1873

steamer clam1909

praire1929

1909 Rep. Mollusk Fisheries Mass. (Mass. Comm. Fisheries) 179 Small clams, or ‘steamers’, are shipped in the shell.

1947 P. A. Morris Field Guide Shells of our Atlantic Coast 89 Mya arenaria... Known by such names as ‘long clam’, ‘soft-shelled clam’, ‘steamer clam’, and ‘long-necked clam’, it lives in the muds and gravels between the tides.

1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift 84 The delicious steamer clam of the North Atlantic is becoming scarce.

1977 Time 4 July 37/1 On the Fourth, New Englanders will be flocking to Clam Shacks for rolls stuffed with batter-fried whole quahogs or steamers.

9. local. (See quot. 1865.)

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1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 8 If the stone to be raised be large, a chain with hooks is sent down in lieu of the wagon, and the stone is named a ‘steamer’.

†10. The name of a back-stroke in swimming (see quots.). Obsolete.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific

hand over hand1844

sidestroke1852

breast swimming1861

steamer1861

breaststroke1864

dog paddle1874

backstroke1876

trudgen1893

frog kick1896

overstroke1902

scissors kick1902

crawl1903

scissors1908

freestyle1916

doggy paddle1921

front crawl1924

back-crawl1929

butterfly stroke1934

butterfly1936

butterfly kick1937

1861 ‘R. Harrington’ Swimming 10 The ‘steamer’..consists in striking the water violently with the foot, raising each leg alternately out of the water to do so.

1879 Boy's Own Ann. 1 415/3 The Steamer... Lie on the back, point your feet as much as possible, and then strike them alternately into the water, the knees being kept quite stiff.

11. Rhyming slang. [Abbreviation of steam tug = ‘mug’.] = mug n.⁵ 1; also spec. a homosexual man, esp. one who seeks passive partners.

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]

boinarda1300

daffc1325

goky1377

nicea1393

unwiseman1400

totc1425

alphinc1440

dawc1500

hoddypeak1500

dawpatea1529

hoddypolla1529

noddy1534

kimec1535

coxcomb1542

sheep1542

sheep's head1542

goose1547

dawcock1556

nodgecock1566

peak-goosea1568

hottie tottie?c1570

Tom Towly1582

wittol1588

goose-cap1589

nodgecomb1592

ninny1593

chicken1600

fopdoodle16..

hoddy-noddy1600

hoddy-doddy1601

peagoose1606

fopster1607

nazold1607

nupson1607

wigeon1607

fondrel1613

simpleton1639

pigwidgeon1640

simpletonian1652

Tony1654

nizy1673

Simple Simon?1673

Tom Farthing1674

totty-head1680

cockcomb1684

cod1699

nikin1699

sap-pate1699

simpkin1699

mackninnya1706

gilly-gaupus?1719

noodle1720

sapskull1735

gobbin?1746

Judy1781

zanya1784

spoony1795

sap-head1798

spoon1799

gomerel1814

sap1815

neddy1818

milestone1819

sunket1823

sunketa1825

gawp1825

gawpy1825

gawpus1826

Tomnoddy1826

Sammy1828

tammie norie1828

Tommy1828

gom1834

noodlehead1835

nowmun1854

gum-sucker1855

flat-head1862

peggy1869

noodledum1883

jay1884

toot1888

peanut head1891

simp1903

sappyhead1922

Arkie1927

putz1928

steamer1932

jerk-off1939

drongo1942

galah1945

Charley1946

nong-nong1959

mouth-breather1979

twonk1981

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male > who takes on a more dominant or active role

wolf1847

steamer1932

butch1963

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe

foola1382

woodcockc1430

geckc1530

cousinc1555

cokes1567

milch cow1582

gudgeon1584

coney1591

martin1591

gull1594

plover1599

rook1600

gull-finch1604

cheatee1615

goata1616

whirligig1624

chouse1649

coll1657

cully1664

bubble1668

lamb1668

Simple Simon?1673

mouth1680

dupe1681

cull1698

bub1699

game1699

muggins1705

colour1707

milk cow1727

flat1762

gulpin1802

slob1810

gaggee1819

sucker1838

hoaxee1840

softie1850

foozle1860

lemon1863

juggins1882

yob1886

patsy1889

yapc1894

fall guy1895

fruit1895

meemaw1895

easy mark1896

lobster1896

mark1896

wise guy1896

come-on1897

pushover1907

John1908

schnookle1908

Gretchen1913

jug1914

schnook1920

soft touch1924

prospect1931

steamer1932

punter1934

dill1941

Joe Soap1943

possum1945

Moreton Bay1953

easy touch1959

1932 G. S. Moncrieff Café Bar vii. 63 The mug became pleasanter... ‘I'm a porter, at some service flats in Victoria..What's your friend do?’ the steamer asked genially.

1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xxxvi 258 If you think I'm going to make a steamer of myself and let you hang about half a dozen more charges on me, you're mistaken.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 May 237/4 Terry..spending his time..among the young homosexuals and their ‘steamers’.

1968 G. J. Barrett Guilty, be Damned! viii. 95 You might get yourself caught. The Police are a lot sharper than steamers give them credit for being.

1978 M. Puzo Fools Die iv. 48 The third player at the table was a ‘steamer’, a bad gambler who chased losing bets.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as steamer rug, steamer trunk, etc.

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1839 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 283 I have a whole steamer-load of things to say, and I scarcely know where to begin.

1886 in New Canaan Hist. Soc. Ann. (1959) 19/1 A steamer trunk I believe they call them; something to hold necessary articles on their voyage.

1890 S. Hale Let. 22 Dec. (1919) 253 It is..so cold..that we are sitting close up to the grate..and all wound about with the heaviest steamer rug!

1895 R. W. Chambers Street of Our Lady of Fields in King in Yellow ii He..had not yet unpacked his steamer-trunk.

1977 H. Fast Immigrants vi. 365 They were covered by a big steamer rug.

C2.

steamer-chair n. a lounge-chair such as is used on the deck of a steamer.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs

farthingale chair1552

side chair1582

high chair1609

scroll chair1614

Turkey chair1683

curule chair1695

reading chair1745

rush-bottom1754

conversation-chair1793

Windsor tub1800

Trafalgar chair1808

beehive-chair1816

nursing chair1826

Hitchcockc1828

toilet seat1829

kangaroo1834

prie-dieu1838

tub-chair1839

barrel-chair1850

Cromwell chair1868

office chair1874

swivel-chair1885

steamer-chair1886

suggan chair1888

lawn chair1895

saddle seat1895

Bombay chair1896

veranda-chair1902

X chair1904

Yorkshire chair1906

three legs and a swinger1916

saddlebag1919

riempie stool1933

gaspipe chair1934

slipper chair1938

Eames chair1946

contour chair1948

sling-back1948

sling chair1957

booster chair1960

booster seat1967

beanbag1969

sack chair1970

papasan1980

Muskoka chair1987

1886 F. H. Burnett Little Ld. Fauntleroy iv The people who had been sea-sick had..come on deck to recline in their steamer-chairs and enjoy themselves.

Derivatives

ˈsteamer v. to travel by steamboat.

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society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific type of craft

to barge it1599

boat?1630

canoe1732

shallop1737

raft1741

scow1749

steam1832

yacht1836

screw1840

steamer1866

gondole1874

kayak1875

sail1898

tramp1899

motor-boat1903

barge1909

hover1962

power1964

motor1968

jet-ski1978

1866 R. W. Church Let. 21 Sept. in Life & Lett. (1894) 175 Tuesday we steamered up the lake to Villeneuve.

a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) I. 95 This autumn [1838], after lectures,..I steamered to Kirkcaldy.

ˈsteamerful n. a steamboat-load.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity > amount that fills a ship

shipfulc1275

boatful1422

keelful1478

ship-load1639

steamerful1886

smackful1890

1886 J. A. Froude Oceana 316 On certain days he threw open house and grounds to excursion parties from Auckland. A steamerful would come.

ˈsteamering n.

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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by steamer

steamboating1826

steaming1836

steamering1895

1895 Punch 28 Sept. 148/1 Capital boating and fishing—likewise plenty of steamering.

ˈsteamerless adj. without a steamer or steamers.

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1900 Truth 3 May 1057 A steamerless Thames.

Draft additions 1993

1. colloquial. A wetsuit.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > one-piece garment > [noun]

playsuit1609

romper1902

romper suit1904

diving-suit1908

bunting1914

teddy bear1917

leotard1920

Sidcot1921

sleeper1921

romper1922

pressure suit1923

boiler suit1928

maillot1928

mono1937

footy1938

all-in-one1939

siren suit1939

goonskin1943

anti-g suit1945

G-suit1945

jump suit1948

immersion suit1951

moon suit1953

poopy suit1953

dry suit1955

wetsuit1955

sleepsuit1958

Babygro1959

tank suit1959

cat-suit1960

penguin suit1961

unitard1961

bodysuit1963

shortall1966

steamer1982

1982 Surf Scene No. 7. 21/2 Boots, steamer, hood and even gloves become a necessity.

1986 Boards May 18/1 (advt.) Probably the best..double lined steamer... This is the suit for warmth and durability.

1987 B. Oakley Windsurfing (1988) Gloss. 117/2 A true steamer should use a waterproof ‘blind stitch’ on the seams to prevent water penetration.

2. colloquial. A member of a gang engaged in steaming (see steaming n. Additions).

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > attacking and robbing > one who robs with violence > member of gang

steamer1987

1987 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 3/1 Many of the assaults and robberies were committed by gangs of ‘steamers’—groups of up to 50 men who ran down the streets in close formation, attacking and robbing anyone in their path.

1988 Sunday Times 21 Feb. a18/8 Last November, steamers..hit crowds outside a rock concert at Hammersmith Odeon.

1990 Times 1 Jan. 1/7 Police earlier arrested a team of 20 suspected ‘steamers’ who had gathered in a..food bar and were believed to be planning..pick-pocketing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	steamer
释义	steamern. Brit. /ˈstiːmə/, U.S. /ˈstimər/ Etymology: < steam v. steam n. + -er suffix¹. 1. A person who steams; a person employed in some process of steaming. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who scalds or steams scalder1536 steamer1832 1832 Min. Evid. Comm. Factories Bill 27 You say you were taken to be a steamer: are not very stout and healthy youths usually selected for that purpose?—Yes. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 69 Calico, Steamer. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 64 Woollen Cloth Manuf., Steamer. 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Feb. 380/1 Hatting Operatives..Proofers, including ‘stovers’..and ‘steamers’. 2. a. An apparatus for steaming (in various technical processes); a vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, cookery, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for performing other processes purchase1711 adjuster1747 concentrator1804 steamer1814 isolator1855 spacer1857 tumbler1857 plough1860 aspirator1863 trap1877 tumbling-box1877 plicater1880 comparator1883 tumbler-drum1883 rumbling barrel1894 copier1917 programmer1945 simulator1947 tensioner1950 platformer1953 hydrogasifier1966 snubber1972 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > other types of pot or pan olla1535 pipkin1554 marmite1581 diet-pot1617 pipkinet1647 chocolate pot1676 gotch1691 lead1741 puchero1791 steamer1814 bake pot1822 kedgeree-pot1824 braising-pan1825 handi1847 craggan1880 yabba1889 sufuria1891 dixie1900 Revere1901 pressure cooker1914 pressure saucepan1940 li1945 wok1952 li ting1958 firepot1959 fondue pot1959 tian1978 1814 Sporting Mag. 43 275 Stew-pans, hot dressers, steamers, digesters. 1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 605 Place them in a vegetable steamer, and steam them well for half an hour. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 177 Kiln, Stove, or Steamer. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Steamer, a spare top fitting on a saucepan, with holes at the bottom, for cooking potatoes by steam. 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 777 Steamer, Copper, with spirit lamp and tray, for softening poroplastic jackets, etc. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 551 If bales of dry wools and hairs were placed in steamers—as is done in the melange printing process. b. Applied to a boiler in respect to its power of generating steam. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > types of steam-boiler1805 boiler1818 generator1823 wagon-boiler1837 Cornish boiler1840 saddle boiler1840 French boiler1844 vomiting-boiler1844 water-tube boiler1850 feed-heater1864 Scotch boiler1877 cross-tubea1884 steamer1891 flash generator1903 flash steam generator1907 waste-heat boiler1930 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The boiler is an excellent steamer. †3. slang. A tobacco-pipe. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe pipe1588 tobacco-pipe1596 gage1676 gun1708 tube1736 steamer1811 gum-bucket1893 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Steamer, a pipe. A swell steamer; a long pipe, such as is used by gentlemen to smoke. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang (at cited word) ‘Keep up the steam or steamer,’ to smoke indefatigably. †4. Australian. A dish of stewed kangaroo. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > kangaroo dish steamer1820 1820 C. Jeffreys Van Dieman's Land 70 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xvii. 309 Our largest animals are the kangaroos, all of which are fine eating,..the favourite dish being..a steamer. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing xxvi. 5. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat, steamship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine steamboat1787 steamship1819 smoker1825 steamer1825 steam-vessel1825 smoke-boat1867 S.S.1868 puffer1901 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 46 The Brighton Steamer to Dieppe. 1828 W. Scott Let. 18 July (1936) X. 476 Though not afraid of a breeze in a good sea-boat I should not relish it much in a steamer for if any part of the machinery goes wrong [etc.]. 1847 Bentinck in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 143 We had five war steamers lying in the Tagus and Douro. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xiv A stately ocean steamer. 1897 Daily News 23 Sept. 5/3 The word ‘steamer’ still suggests to most people a vessel with a pair of funnels and a pair of paddles. 6. a. A steam-propelled road-locomotive, traction-engine or the like. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > steam-powered steam-engine1815 steamer1837 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 202 The steamers on the railroad can carry their own materials, which the steamers on common roads cannot so conveniently do. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Aug. 4 The reports on Thomson's ‘road steamer’ made to the War Department. b. A motor car driven by steam. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > steam-powered > steam car steam-car1833 steamer1900 1900 Daily News 14 Nov. 6/3 Trevithick constructed a road steamer that made its appearance upon the Cornish highways on the Christmas Eve of 1801. 1901 Morning Leader 18 Dec. 6/4 The War Office has again been testing motor transport vehicles, mostly steamers. c. A steam locomotive engine or train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive steam locomotive1812 steam-engine1815 steamer1837 Puffing Billy1848 1837 W. Tayler Diary 22 Sept. (1962) 51 We passed the Southampton rail road and was just in time to see the steamer go past, with about forty cars fastened to it full of gravel. 1961 Times 16 Aug. 9/4 This strong feeling, stimulated in this decade by the departure of the ‘steamer’, has served to produce something of a golden age in railway literature.1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Nov. 1377/3 All over Britain people are banding together to buy, restore and, they hope, run a steamer.1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath ix. 156 I meant a real locomotive. A steamer.1981 Railway Mag. Mar. 115/3 No. 765 is the first main-line steamer of the decade to be returned to active duty. 7. a. A fire-engine the pumps of which are worked by steam. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > fire-engine > specific kinds of manual1866 steamer1870 propeller1901 pumper1912 green goddess1973 1870 Daily News 15 Oct. 7/4 Alarming Fire at the Gaiety Restaurant... The ‘call’ for engines was rapidly responded to, no fewer than eight steamers being soon present. 1876 E. M. Shaw Fire Protection 63 The proper course would be..to remove the hose to the steamer, and attach the steamer's suction-pipe to the hydrant. 1886 Manch. Examiner 8 Jan. 6/1 Steamers and manuals from all parts of the metropolis arrived at the fire. b. A steam thrashing-machine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > machine or device for waina1382 mill1669 threshing machine1735 threshing mill1768 thrashing machine1771 thresher1778 thrashing mill1790 steamer1898 1898 H. R. Haggard Farmer's Year Feb. (1899) 104 The steamer began to work at the All Hallows Farm on the little stack of barley. 1900 H. Lawson On Track 75 He reaped it by hand, had it thrashed by travelling ‘steamer’ (portable steam engine and machine). 8. a. (transferred from sense 5) The duck Tachyeres (or Micropterus) cinereus (or brachypterus) of the Falkland Islands; the loggerhead or race-horse. Also steamer-duck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > tachyeres brachypterus (steamer) racehorsea1769 loggerhead1776 steamer1827 logger-headed duck1839 1827 P. P. King Voy. Adventure & Beagle I. 35 Here we saw, for the first time, that most remarkable bird the Steamer-duck. 1827 P. P. King Voy. Adventure & Beagle I. 36 I am averse to altering names..; but in this case I do think the name of ‘steamer’ much more appropriate and descriptive of the swift paddling motion of these birds, than that of ‘race-horse’. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xii. 257 These birds [sc. loggerheaded duck or goose] were in former days called, from their extraordinary manner of paddling and splashing upon the water, race-horses; but now they are named,..steamers. 1895 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. IV. 357 The steamer-duck (Tachyeres cinereus) of the Falkland Islands and Patagonia. b. = long-neck clam at long neck n. 3b, frequently eaten as a delicacy. Also steamer clam. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves cockOE cockle1311 conch?1527 palour1589 conchyle1610 bivalvular1677 bivalve1684 nut-mussel1705 concha1755 cuckolda1757 Acephala1802 pullet1803 ciliograde1835 conchifer1835 acephalan1840 acephal1845 bivalvian1863 pelecypod1875 tea-clam1883 steamer clam1909 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > other edible molluscs musseleOE palour1589 ormer1637 mutton-fish1830 pipia1837 abalone1850 moule1867 toheroa1873 steamer clam1909 praire1929 1909 Rep. Mollusk Fisheries Mass. (Mass. Comm. Fisheries) 179 Small clams, or ‘steamers’, are shipped in the shell. 1947 P. A. Morris Field Guide Shells of our Atlantic Coast 89 Mya arenaria... Known by such names as ‘long clam’, ‘soft-shelled clam’, ‘steamer clam’, and ‘long-necked clam’, it lives in the muds and gravels between the tides. 1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift 84 The delicious steamer clam of the North Atlantic is becoming scarce. 1977 Time 4 July 37/1 On the Fourth, New Englanders will be flocking to Clam Shacks for rolls stuffed with batter-fried whole quahogs or steamers. 9. local. (See quot. 1865.) ΚΠ 1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 8 If the stone to be raised be large, a chain with hooks is sent down in lieu of the wagon, and the stone is named a ‘steamer’. †10. The name of a back-stroke in swimming (see quots.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific hand over hand1844 sidestroke1852 breast swimming1861 steamer1861 breaststroke1864 dog paddle1874 backstroke1876 trudgen1893 frog kick1896 overstroke1902 scissors kick1902 crawl1903 scissors1908 freestyle1916 doggy paddle1921 front crawl1924 back-crawl1929 butterfly stroke1934 butterfly1936 butterfly kick1937 1861 ‘R. Harrington’ Swimming 10 The ‘steamer’..consists in striking the water violently with the foot, raising each leg alternately out of the water to do so. 1879 Boy's Own Ann. 1 415/3 The Steamer... Lie on the back, point your feet as much as possible, and then strike them alternately into the water, the knees being kept quite stiff. 11. Rhyming slang. [Abbreviation of steam tug = ‘mug’.] = mug n.⁵ 1; also spec. a homosexual man, esp. one who seeks passive partners. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun] boinarda1300 daffc1325 goky1377 nicea1393 unwiseman1400 totc1425 alphinc1440 dawc1500 hoddypeak1500 dawpatea1529 hoddypolla1529 noddy1534 kimec1535 coxcomb1542 sheep1542 sheep's head1542 goose1547 dawcock1556 nodgecock1566 peak-goosea1568 hottie tottie?c1570 Tom Towly1582 wittol1588 goose-cap1589 nodgecomb1592 ninny1593 chicken1600 fopdoodle16.. hoddy-noddy1600 hoddy-doddy1601 peagoose1606 fopster1607 nazold1607 nupson1607 wigeon1607 fondrel1613 simpleton1639 pigwidgeon1640 simpletonian1652 Tony1654 nizy1673 Simple Simon?1673 Tom Farthing1674 totty-head1680 cockcomb1684 cod1699 nikin1699 sap-pate1699 simpkin1699 mackninnya1706 gilly-gaupus?1719 noodle1720 sapskull1735 gobbin?1746 Judy1781 zanya1784 spoony1795 sap-head1798 spoon1799 gomerel1814 sap1815 neddy1818 milestone1819 sunket1823 sunketa1825 gawp1825 gawpy1825 gawpus1826 Tomnoddy1826 Sammy1828 tammie norie1828 Tommy1828 gom1834 noodlehead1835 nowmun1854 gum-sucker1855 flat-head1862 peggy1869 noodledum1883 jay1884 toot1888 peanut head1891 simp1903 sappyhead1922 Arkie1927 putz1928 steamer1932 jerk-off1939 drongo1942 galah1945 Charley1946 nong-nong1959 mouth-breather1979 twonk1981 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male > who takes on a more dominant or active role wolf1847 steamer1932 butch1963 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe foola1382 woodcockc1430 geckc1530 cousinc1555 cokes1567 milch cow1582 gudgeon1584 coney1591 martin1591 gull1594 plover1599 rook1600 gull-finch1604 cheatee1615 goata1616 whirligig1624 chouse1649 coll1657 cully1664 bubble1668 lamb1668 Simple Simon?1673 mouth1680 dupe1681 cull1698 bub1699 game1699 muggins1705 colour1707 milk cow1727 flat1762 gulpin1802 slob1810 gaggee1819 sucker1838 hoaxee1840 softie1850 foozle1860 lemon1863 juggins1882 yob1886 patsy1889 yapc1894 fall guy1895 fruit1895 meemaw1895 easy mark1896 lobster1896 mark1896 wise guy1896 come-on1897 pushover1907 John1908 schnookle1908 Gretchen1913 jug1914 schnook1920 soft touch1924 prospect1931 steamer1932 punter1934 dill1941 Joe Soap1943 possum1945 Moreton Bay1953 easy touch1959 1932 G. S. Moncrieff Café Bar vii. 63 The mug became pleasanter... ‘I'm a porter, at some service flats in Victoria..What's your friend do?’ the steamer asked genially. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xxxvi 258 If you think I'm going to make a steamer of myself and let you hang about half a dozen more charges on me, you're mistaken. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 May 237/4 Terry..spending his time..among the young homosexuals and their ‘steamers’. 1968 G. J. Barrett Guilty, be Damned! viii. 95 You might get yourself caught. The Police are a lot sharper than steamers give them credit for being. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die iv. 48 The third player at the table was a ‘steamer’, a bad gambler who chased losing bets. Compounds C1. General attributive, as steamer rug, steamer trunk, etc. ΚΠ 1839 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 283 I have a whole steamer-load of things to say, and I scarcely know where to begin. 1886 in New Canaan Hist. Soc. Ann. (1959) 19/1 A steamer trunk I believe they call them; something to hold necessary articles on their voyage. 1890 S. Hale Let. 22 Dec. (1919) 253 It is..so cold..that we are sitting close up to the grate..and all wound about with the heaviest steamer rug! 1895 R. W. Chambers Street of Our Lady of Fields in King in Yellow ii He..had not yet unpacked his steamer-trunk. 1977 H. Fast Immigrants vi. 365 They were covered by a big steamer rug. C2. steamer-chair n. a lounge-chair such as is used on the deck of a steamer. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs farthingale chair1552 side chair1582 high chair1609 scroll chair1614 Turkey chair1683 curule chair1695 reading chair1745 rush-bottom1754 conversation-chair1793 Windsor tub1800 Trafalgar chair1808 beehive-chair1816 nursing chair1826 Hitchcockc1828 toilet seat1829 kangaroo1834 prie-dieu1838 tub-chair1839 barrel-chair1850 Cromwell chair1868 office chair1874 swivel-chair1885 steamer-chair1886 suggan chair1888 lawn chair1895 saddle seat1895 Bombay chair1896 veranda-chair1902 X chair1904 Yorkshire chair1906 three legs and a swinger1916 saddlebag1919 riempie stool1933 gaspipe chair1934 slipper chair1938 Eames chair1946 contour chair1948 sling-back1948 sling chair1957 booster chair1960 booster seat1967 beanbag1969 sack chair1970 papasan1980 Muskoka chair1987 1886 F. H. Burnett Little Ld. Fauntleroy iv The people who had been sea-sick had..come on deck to recline in their steamer-chairs and enjoy themselves. Derivatives ˈsteamer v. to travel by steamboat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific type of craft to barge it1599 boat?1630 canoe1732 shallop1737 raft1741 scow1749 steam1832 yacht1836 screw1840 steamer1866 gondole1874 kayak1875 sail1898 tramp1899 motor-boat1903 barge1909 hover1962 power1964 motor1968 jet-ski1978 1866 R. W. Church Let. 21 Sept. in Life & Lett. (1894) 175 Tuesday we steamered up the lake to Villeneuve. a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) I. 95 This autumn [1838], after lectures,..I steamered to Kirkcaldy. ˈsteamerful n. a steamboat-load. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity > amount that fills a ship shipfulc1275 boatful1422 keelful1478 ship-load1639 steamerful1886 smackful1890 1886 J. A. Froude Oceana 316 On certain days he threw open house and grounds to excursion parties from Auckland. A steamerful would come. ˈsteamering n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by steamer steamboating1826 steaming1836 steamering1895 1895 Punch 28 Sept. 148/1 Capital boating and fishing—likewise plenty of steamering. ˈsteamerless adj. without a steamer or steamers. ΚΠ 1900 Truth 3 May 1057 A steamerless Thames. Draft additions 1993 1. colloquial. A wetsuit. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > one-piece garment > [noun] playsuit1609 romper1902 romper suit1904 diving-suit1908 bunting1914 teddy bear1917 leotard1920 Sidcot1921 sleeper1921 romper1922 pressure suit1923 boiler suit1928 maillot1928 mono1937 footy1938 all-in-one1939 siren suit1939 goonskin1943 anti-g suit1945 G-suit1945 jump suit1948 immersion suit1951 moon suit1953 poopy suit1953 dry suit1955 wetsuit1955 sleepsuit1958 Babygro1959 tank suit1959 cat-suit1960 penguin suit1961 unitard1961 bodysuit1963 shortall1966 steamer1982 1982 Surf Scene No. 7. 21/2 Boots, steamer, hood and even gloves become a necessity. 1986 Boards May 18/1 (advt.) Probably the best..double lined steamer... This is the suit for warmth and durability. 1987 B. Oakley Windsurfing (1988) Gloss. 117/2 A true steamer should use a waterproof ‘blind stitch’ on the seams to prevent water penetration. 2. colloquial. A member of a gang engaged in steaming (see steaming n. Additions). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > attacking and robbing > one who robs with violence > member of gang steamer1987 1987 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 3/1 Many of the assaults and robberies were committed by gangs of ‘steamers’—groups of up to 50 men who ran down the streets in close formation, attacking and robbing anyone in their path. 1988 Sunday Times 21 Feb. a18/8 Last November, steamers..hit crowds outside a rock concert at Hammersmith Odeon. 1990 Times 1 Jan. 1/7 Police earlier arrested a team of 20 suspected ‘steamers’ who had gathered in a..food bar and were believed to be planning..pick-pocketing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1811
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