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CATAPULTING |
Propelling |
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OARING |
Propelling a boat |
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PEDALLING |
Propelling with feet |
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SCULL |
A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat. |
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RATCHET |
A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a
ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. |
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PROPULSION |
The act driving forward or away; the act or process of
propelling; as, steam propulsion. |
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THROW |
The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from
the hand or an engine; a cast. |
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PADDLE |
An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a
fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. |
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POLING |
The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole
or poles; as, the poling of beans; the poling of a boat. |
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SAIL |
An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the
wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the
water. |
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PROPELLER |
A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually
consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to
revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel. |
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TORPEDO |
...ive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance,
or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against... |
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SCREW |
Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of
wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and
furnished with blade... |
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LOCOMOTIVE |
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines
which communicat... |
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WATER WHEEL |
Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other
purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; --
called an overshot wheel whe... |
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SLIP |
...peed and the speed which
she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also,
the velocity, relatively to still water, of the b... |