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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Cooled by contact with circulating water. Gas-engine cylinders are frequently water-cooled. Main bearings and cross-head guides of marine, engines are usually water-cooled by having water circulated through holes in the metal which surrounds the bearing.

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  • adjective kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water

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