steam-whistlen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteam-whistle.

A powerful whistle worked by a jet of steam (usually from a steam-boiler): used as a signal.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [adjective] > steam-whistle

steam-whistle1840

society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > sounding of whistle > types of whistle used as signal

steam-whistle1840

air whistle1853

police whistle1872

bull1884

1840 H. S. Tanner Canals & Rail Roads U.S. 261 Steam whistle, a device for warning people when the engine is approaching.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 251 The voice of their modern muse has a slight hint of the steam-whistle.

1899 T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 123 A bullet..shrieked past Clayside's ear like a steam-whistle.

attributive.1870 J. Ruskin Let. in Athenæum (1905) 30 Sept. 428/3 Dickens was a pure modernist—a leader of the steam~whistle party par excellence.1887 F. Hume Myst. Hansom Cab viii Let us go outside, for I see your father has got that girl with the steam-whistle voice to sing.

Derivatives

steam-whistling n.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > sounding of whistle > types of whistle used as signal > sounding of steam-whistle

steam-whistling1866

1866 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive iv. §152 Steam-piston labour on the earth, and the harvest of it brought forth with steam-whistling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	steam-whistle
释义	steam-whistlen. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteam-whistle. A powerful whistle worked by a jet of steam (usually from a steam-boiler): used as a signal. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [adjective] > steam-whistle steam-whistle1840 society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > sounding of whistle > types of whistle used as signal steam-whistle1840 air whistle1853 police whistle1872 bull1884 1840 H. S. Tanner Canals & Rail Roads U.S. 261 Steam whistle, a device for warning people when the engine is approaching. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 251 The voice of their modern muse has a slight hint of the steam-whistle. 1899 T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 123 A bullet..shrieked past Clayside's ear like a steam-whistle. attributive.1870 J. Ruskin Let. in Athenæum (1905) 30 Sept. 428/3 Dickens was a pure modernist—a leader of the steam~whistle party par excellence.1887 F. Hume Myst. Hansom Cab viii Let us go outside, for I see your father has got that girl with the steam-whistle voice to sing. Derivatives steam-whistling n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > sounding of whistle > types of whistle used as signal > sounding of steam-whistle steam-whistling1866 1866 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive iv. §152 Steam-piston labour on the earth, and the harvest of it brought forth with steam-whistling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1840
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