Bible Dictionaries
Propeller

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.

(2):

(n.) One who, or that which, propels.

(3):

(n.) A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Propeller'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/propeller.html. 1828.