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adv. 1 Via a steam-powered boat or ship. 2 Via a steam train.
Usage examples of "by steam".
When Darius Clayhanger, in his audacity, decided to print by steam, many people imagined that he would at last be compelled to rent the ground-floor or to take other premises.
A geyser column of scalding, lavalike mud shot hundreds of feet upward, driven by steam pressure gathered beneath the crust.
Isaac imagined him moving from place to place, sleeping on bare floors in deserted buildings, or curled up on roofs, huddled by steam-vents for heat.
These are hinged on the sides and are opened by steam pistons, but only when the mortars are ready to fire.
Call it heroic or not, being scalded to death by steam was blood-chilling.
Cool air sighed up through cast-bronze grills in the floor, driven by steam-powered fans in the vaults far below.
It was powered by steam, burned wood alcohol, could operate in water or on land, carried a crew of eleven and was, so Sam declared, invincible.