Steamboat

Steamboat - Other Definitions

• (n.) A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.
  
  
• (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.
  
  
• (n.) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards.