Steeple-engine.

A form of marine engine common on American river-boats.

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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.

Statue
Status of Great Men
Statute Fairs
Steak
Steal
Steal a Horse
Steal a March on One (To)
Steam-kettles
Steelyard
Steenie
Steeple-engine
Steeple-Jack (A)
Steeplechase
Stelvio
Stentor
Stentorian Lungs
Stentorophonic Voice
Stepfather and Father-in-law
Stephen
Stephen’s Bread (St.)
Stephens (Joanna)