discharge-pipe love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as delivery-pipe.

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  • When the piston has completed its down-stroke the passage is opened to the discharge-pipe, and the expanded products of combustion then pass from the cylinder through the regenerator, and are discharged.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Various

  • The highest part of the casing communicates with a discharge-pipe; and the middle part of it with a reservoir which can be cut off from communication by a stopcock, so that the charge in the reservoir may be retained when the engine is stopped.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Various

  • The water was brought to the wheel by a discharge-pipe, some nine feet long, having a vertical movement by ball-and-socket joint, so that at pleasure, by dropping the pipe, the machinery could be run at various speeds, or entirely stopped.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 Various

  • During a rain or the washing of the streets, the siphon can work in concurrence with the ordinary discharge-pipe.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 Various

  • At the end of this discharge-pipe was a cast tapered nozzle, about 3½ inches in diameter, in which was inserted a ring of saw-plate steel having the desired diameter, and which was held in place by an annular screw-cap.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 Various

  • The first three-fourths of it is called the _colon_; the last or lowest quarter, the rectum, the discharge-pipe of the food tube.

    A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896

  • The water from the discharge-pipe poured down in a cascade, that shone like silver.

    The Crack of Doom Robert Cromie 1881

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