/ · 1894 Brewer’s · E · Ease Her!
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A command given on a steamer to reduce speed. The next order is generally “Stop her!”—i.e. the steamboat.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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