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- Side-wheel - a. - Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
- Side-wheel - a. - Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
- Guard - v. t. - An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision.