"asteam" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From a- + steam. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|steam}} a- + steam Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} asteam (not comparable)
  1. Giving off steam, water vapour or smoke. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: steaming
    Sense id: en-asteam-en-adj-~hkQ2Krv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33
  2. Covered with condensation. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: fogged up
    Sense id: en-asteam-en-adj-JRJBwPDS
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          "text": "1845, Hugh Miller, cited in Thomas Brown (ed.), Annals of the Disruption, Edinburgh: MacLaren & MacNiven, 1877, Part 2, p. 37,\nThe rude turf building we found full from end to end, and all asteam with a particularly wet congregation, some of whom […] had travelled in the soaking drizzle from the further extremities of the island."
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          "text": "1906, Oliver Onions, “Back o’ the Moon” in Back o’ the Moon and Other Stories, London: Hurst and Blackett, Chapter 17, p. 238,\nThe fire burned here and there for a fortnight, and then there came a light shower or two that set the hills a-steam with opaque white smoke."
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          "ref": "1987, Mitch Berman, Time Capsule, New York: Putnam, Part 1, Chapter 12, p. 73:",
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