donkey-engine

In the donkey-engine section of the for'ard house is a complete fumigating apparatus.

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It seems, under his suggestion, that Wada trapped a rat in the donkey-engine room.

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It was two in the morning, and for an hour I had been puzzling my head with watching the smoke arise from the after-division of the for'ard-house and with wondering why the mutineers should have up steam in the donkey-engine at such an ungodly hour.

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Not on the whole voyage had the donkey-engine been used.

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I climbed the ladder on the side of the for'ard house (which house contained, as I discovered, the forecastle, the galley, and the donkey-engine room), and went part way along the bridge to a position by the foremast, where I could observe the crew heaving up anchor.

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Presently the steam-gauge (manomètre) gave way, making it impossible to register pressure; the combustion chamber showed a rent of eighteen inches long by one wide, the result of too rapid cooling; and, lastly, the donkey-engine struck work.

The Land of Midian 2003

I crept past the donkey-engine, holding fast to it as I went, until I reached the iron gate that closes the narrow passage to the bow deck.

The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm John Williams Streeter

I crawled forward of the ladies 'cabin, and, supporting myself against the donkey-engine, peered at the light above the crow's-nest and tried to think that I could see the man on watch in the nest.

The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm John Williams Streeter

I screamed with horror, ran across the guarded plank, climbed the gate, and fell headlong and screaming over the donkey-engine.

The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm John Williams Streeter

You can't tell, my dear; it may be a peculiar breed out there -- cross between a towel-horse and a donkey-engine, don't you know!

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 12, 1890 Various