Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STEAM
STEAMSTEAM-BOAT, or STEAM-VES-SEL
STEAM, v.t.
- To exhale; to evaporate. [Not much used.] Spenser.
- To expose to steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing or preparing; as, to steam cloth; to steam potatoes instead of boiling them; to steam food for cattle.
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