side-wheeler
(side-wheeler)
Princeton's WordNet
a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side
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sternwheeler
(sternwheeler)
Princeton's WordNet
a paddle steamer having the paddle wheel in the stern
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paddle
(paddle)
Princeton's WordNet
a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
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wheeler
Webster Dictionary
a steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler
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bucket
Webster Dictionary
one of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel
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paddle
Webster Dictionary
one of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel
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waterwheel
(ˈwɔ tərˌweɪ, ˈwɒt ər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the paddle wheel of a steamboat.
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paddle
(ˈpæd l)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a blade of a paddle wheel.
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side-wheel
(ˈsaɪdˌweɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
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sternwheel
(ˈstɜrn ʰwil, -ˌwil)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel.
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bucket
(ˈbʌk ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a vane or blade of a waterwheel, paddle wheel, or the like.
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sternwheeler
(ˈstɜrnˌʰwi lər, -ˌwi-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
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showboat
(ˈʃoʊˌboʊt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a boat, esp. a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
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guard
Webster Dictionary
an extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision
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side-wheel
Webster Dictionary
having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer
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dashboard
Webster Dictionary
the float of a paddle wheel
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water wheel
Webster Dictionary
the paddle wheel of a steam vessel
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stern-wheel
Webster Dictionary
having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer
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feather
Webster Dictionary
the angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water
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water wheel
Webster Dictionary
any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc
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paddle
Webster Dictionary
to dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc
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racket
(ˈræk ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the short-handled paddle used to strike the ball in table tennis and paddle tennis.
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drag
Webster Dictionary
the difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3
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paddle
Webster Dictionary
the broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle
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breasting
Webster Dictionary
the curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel
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slip
Webster Dictionary
the motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller
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crown wheel
Webster Dictionary
a wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel
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ordinary bicycle
(ordinary, ordinary bicycle)
Princeton's WordNet
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
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ordinary
(ordinary, ordinary bicycle)
Princeton's WordNet
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
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wheel and axle
(wheel and axle)
Princeton's WordNet
hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel
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