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(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
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(underwater diving) A hose for conveying air from the surface or from an air tank to a diver.
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Alternative form of blastpipe. [(mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.]
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(mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.
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A valve designed to release a small amount of excess pressure from a system.
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(automotive) A diffuser which uses exhaust gases to generate aerodynamic forces.
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(chemistry) a narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture
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Alternative form of brakepipe [(rail transport, mechanical engineering) A continuous pipe or hose filled with high-pressure air and running the length of a train, used to recharge the train's brake reservoirs with compressed air and to control the train's air brakes through changes in its internal air pressure.]
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A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
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(plumbing) A vertical pipe attached to a septic system's distribution pipe that rises above the ground to provide ventilation.
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(mining) A direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
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A valve with a disk-shaped mechanism which can be used for isolating or regulating flow.
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The damaging condition where water droplets are carried out of a steam boiler along with the dry steam.
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The vessel surrounding the condenser in a steam engine.
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A jacket or outer covering to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.
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In a steam engine, the space enclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve(s) and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It includes the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc. Its volume is often expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke.
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In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
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A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
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A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
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A slide valve with a cup-like cavity in its face, through which exhaust steam passes.
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(steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
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A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
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A pump specifically built for draining something such as a washing machine or an A/C unit.
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The pipe by which the exhaust steam is led from the cylinder of a steam engine into the condenser or the atmosphere.
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A valve on a boiler to let the steam escape.
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A condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by ether vapour instead of steam.
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An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
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On a steam locomotive, a pipe which takes away steam exhausted from a cylinder.
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(steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
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The cistern that supplies water to the boiler of a steam engine.
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A force pump for supplying a steam engine's boiler with water.
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(obsolete) An early steam engine.
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Any of several substances used to delay or prevent combustion when used as a coating or component of a combustible material
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(law, obsolete, UK) An allowance of fuel.
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Alternative form of fire damper [A passive fire protection product used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ducts.]
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(engineering) A device for controlling or maintaining the flow of liquid.
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A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
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The valve of a steam engine that opens to the air pump from the condenser.
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A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
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A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.
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A pipe or hose connecting a gas appliance to the main supply of natural gas for the apartment, office or building.
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A pipe for conveying gas.
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A stopcock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
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A pump that is operated manually
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(idiomatic) A significant amount of energy, vigour or momentum, sufficient to make progress or succeed in a task.
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A device in some early internal combustion engines that ignited the fuel/air mixture in a tube heated by a flame
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(condensing engines) A receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump.
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A tank used to provide water pressure.
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A hydraulic press (especially one that employs mains water)
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A hand-powered machine for spraying water.
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A device in a steam engine for forcing lubricating oil uniformly into the cylinder.
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(steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
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A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
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(steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.
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In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
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A gas, such as helium or hydrogen, that is used to produce buoyancy for e.g. balloons or airships.
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A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
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(engineering) Steam under pressure from a boiler.
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(mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
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(US, automotive) Part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
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(computing) An extension to the anonymous pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
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A type of valve having a small orifice and a needle-like plunger, allowing precise regulation of generally small flow rates.
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A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
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A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
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(transitive) To travel further or faster by steam power.
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A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.
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A valve which uses a hollow or double piston sliding in a cylinder to direct fluid along one of two paths
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(mechanics) A valve (as in an internal combustion engine) which consists of a sliding shaft with a disk on the end (the disk being shaped to alternately plug and unplug a matching port) and which is operated by springs and possibly cams interacting with the shaft.
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Admission, as of steam, to an engine cylinder before the backstroke is completed, thus increasing the cushioning.
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(engineering, rare) Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).
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The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
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A building containing pumping equipment to fill a canal.
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(engineering) A simple type of valve, consisting of one or more circular plates held down by a spring.
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(automotive) A rubber hose of a large diameter which carries engine coolant between the engine and radiator, and then backs towards the water pump.
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(engineering, nautical, rail transport) To build up a useful head (pressure level) of steam in a steam-engined vehicle's boiler.
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(now historical) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
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In a variable-expansion central-valve steam engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine.
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A safety valve that relieves pressure when it becomes high but before it becomes dangerous.
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A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
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A valve that opens to allow reflux of a fluid in case of overflow.
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The cylinder of a small auxiliary steam engine.
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A lever in a steam engine that operates the slide valve.
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The valve of a reversing cylinder.
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A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
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The pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.
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(HVAC) A malfunction in a gas furnace where gas burns outside the combustion chamber. Such a malfunction can cause damage to the furnace, carbon monoxide poisoning, or start a fire.
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A relief valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container (such as a boiler) would burst.
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Alternative form of safety valve [A relief valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container (such as a boiler) would burst.]
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(historical) A kind of ventilating apparatus using a propeller.
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A blowdown valve mounted at the water level of a boiler, used to blow down lighter oily or foamy deposits that float on the water.
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(automotive) An exhaust pipe which exhausts to the side of the vehicle.
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(of a steam engine) Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
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A steam engine that does not use a separate condenser to create suction and thereby improve efficiency.
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A condenser for a steam engine, in which the vacuum is maintained by the downward flow of water through a tall vertical pipe.
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A valve in a steam engine, designed to slide back and forth to cover and uncover the openings through which steam enters the cylinder.
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A small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke.
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A device for directing a jet of steam on the boiler tubes of a steam boiler, so as to remove deposits of soot inside the tubes.
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(steam engine) An injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it.
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A kind of vacuum pump in which vacuum is produced by a stream of mercury drops running down a very narrow tube
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A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom.
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Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
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A kind of energy storage device, consisting of an insulated pressure tank containing hot water and steam under pressure.
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A period of industrialisation when steam power was used.
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A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.
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A device designed to turn steam (back) into water by condensation.
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Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
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A roasting jack powered by steam.
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A hollow casing surrounding any vessel and into which steam may be admitted.
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Alternative form of steampipe. [A pipe of a boiler, through which steam passes.]
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Power derived from water heated into steam, usually converted to motive power by a reciprocating engine or turbine.
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(engineering) A data table containing the properties of steam under various conditions.
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cracked using steam cracking
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Alternative form of steam engine [A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a steam turbine).]
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(obsolete) A steam fire engine, that is, a steam boiler and engine driving a pump, which are all mounted on wheels.
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(uncountable) The act or occupation of installing and maintaining piping for steam.
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A pipe of a boiler, through which steam passes.
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An aperture or conduit for steam.
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A small hand-operated pump with a stirrup-shaped base that was placed in a bucket of water, allowing a small hose to direct a stream onto minor fires.
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(historical) Abbreviation of steamer. A vessel propelled by steam. [A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture.]
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(automotive) Having a simple pipe from the engine to the exhaust, without muffler or catalytic converter.
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An automatic non-return valve that opens when the boiler is at less than atmospheric pressure so as to avoid any risk of vacuum collapse when a hot boiler is allowed to cool down out of service.
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a pump used for the removal of liquid from a sump or sump pit
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A component of a boiler system that heats the steam above its saturation temperature to prevent it condensing, and in the case of a steam engine to improve its efficiency.
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A type of check valve using a disc on a hinge for its function.
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(automotive) An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle
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In locomotive boilers, a feed water check valve placed on the top of the boiler drum. This encourages rapid mixing of the cold feedwater with the hot steam, reducing the risk of thermal shock to the heated parts of the boiler.
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A blowing apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace.
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A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
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(obsolete) A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.
adj
(of a steam engine) In which steam flows in one direction only in each half of the cylinder.
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(dated) The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
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A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
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A kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.
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(historical) A form of blower used in gas machines, and to supply a blast for furnaces.
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The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
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