steaming
Definitions
Construction
- A process in which logs are heated with steam or
hot water
in specialvats
prior topeeling
them into veneer. Steaming results in smoother veneer and improved recovery from the log. A similar process is used to prepare wood for bending or shaping.
Food
- noun a way of cooking food using the
steam
from boiled water
Law
- noun an
offence
committed by a group of youths, usually unarmed, who rush down a street or through apublic place
such as a train carriage,stealing
items and harassing people
Slang
- adjective an otherwise meaningless intensifying adjective, almost invariably used in the now dated expression ‘(a) steaming nit’, which was briefly popular in the early 1960s
- adjective drunk
- noun the activity of steamers
Theater
- (written as Steaming)A play by the British writer Nell Dunn (1936 - )that caused considerable interest because of the nudity ofits all-female cast. It was first performed in 1981 at the TheatreRoyal, Stratford, and subsequently transferred to London's ComedyTheatre. The title refers to the play's setting in a ladies' Turkishbath. This required the creation of a stage pool containing 2000 gallonsof water, heated and filtered by a mechanical unit that ran for 21.5hours a day; it was only turned off during the performance to eliminateits noise.
The plot concerns six women who regularly meet in a council-runbath in London's East End. The place answers different needs for eachwoman, providing a refuge from men for the party-girl Josie, a placeto renew an old friendship for Nancy and Jane, and a haven from povertyfor Mrs Meadow and her daughter Dawn. Trouble starts when the councildecides to convert the baths into a library. The women unite to petitionthe council, with Josie finding a new self-confidence as she presentstheir case at the hearing. When the demolition order is confirmedthe women barricade themselves into the building in a last desperateattempt to save the baths.
