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Steam whistle

noun

A whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler.

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"Steam whistle" Quotes from Famous Books

... moment a steam whistle sounded close at hand, and presently they beheld the steam tug, with the captain on the forward ...

— The Young Bridge-Tender - or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle • Arthur M. Winfield

... even to the inexperienced Ida, that the vessel was about to start; the sailors were rushing about on deck in the haste and excitement of ordered disorder, chains were clanking, and ropes and pulleys were shrieking; and a steam whistle shrieked at intervals and added ...

— At Love's Cost • Charles Garvice

... Carruthers bein' a steam whistle. Did he scare you? He does do it pretty loud when he's gettin' up steam; you see, he don't know how loud he does it, because he's deaf o' hearin'. We can't bear to lower him, but we only let him be a steam whistle for a treat—when he's ...

— Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings • Annie Hamilton Donnell

... seemed like that of a bursting firmament. They had been opened during the afternoon, but, on account of the great elevation necessary to enable them to shoot over the bluffs, the shells had gone high in the air. These huge missiles came screaming louder than a steam whistle, striking off the tops of trees, and filling the air with dense clouds of smoke when they burst, but ...

— History of Morgan's Cavalry • Basil W. Duke

Words linked to "Steam whistle" : boiler, steam boiler, steam organ, whistle, calliope