Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rotary steam-engine. See
steam-engine .
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Examples
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The other defects, likewise, of the ordinary steam engines in use are obviated to such an extent that the effective power of the steam-wheel is 50 per cent, greater than that of other and more complicated machines -- at least this is the experience of the inventor.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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"That's right," he shouted to the quartermaster at the steam-wheel.
The Wings of the Morning Louis Tracy 1895
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She was occasionally worried, however this might be, by the impression that these sacrifices, great as they were, were nothing to those that his own passion had imposed; if indeed it was not rather the passion of his confederate, which had caught him up and was whirling him round like a great steam-wheel.
In the Cage Henry James 1879
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She moaned; her mental steam-wheel stopped; fatigue brought sleep.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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Her brain was a steam-wheel throughout the night; everything that could be thought of was tossed, nothing grasped.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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She moaned; her mental steam-wheel stopped; fatigue brought sleep.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Her brain was a steam-wheel throughout the night; everything that could be thought of was tossed, nothing grasped.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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She moaned; her mental steam-wheel stopped; fatigue brought sleep.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Her brain was a steam-wheel throughout the night; everything that could be thought of was tossed, nothing grasped.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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