D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Steam engine

/(ĕn"jĭn)/ · Steam· en·gine · IPA
01 An engine moved by steam.
  1. 1.
    An engine moved by steam.
Phrases & compounds
Back-acting steam engine — a steam engine in which the motion is transmitted backward from the crosshead to a crank which is between the crosshead and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.
Portable steam engine — a steam engine combined with, and attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving machinery in the field, as thrashing machines, draining pumps, etc.
Semiportable steam engine — a steam engine combined with, and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on wheels.