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propeller † Hist. 
n. a steamboat propelled by a turning screw, used largely on the Great Lakes.
- 1853 (1854) Now, it is in our power by constructing a canal, to enable that propeller to proceed directly into Lake Champlain instead of stopping at Ogdensburgh. . . .
- 1870 In those days, there being no propellers or ferries of any kind, nearly every farmer along the river had his boat. . . .
- 1961 A relatively minor incident which provides a small window into Confederate activities, the subject of this study--the affair of the propeller Georgian, a vessel owned by a neutral British subject.
- 1853 (1854) Now, it is in our power by constructing a canal, to enable that propeller to proceed directly into Lake Champlain instead of stopping at Ogdensburgh. . . .