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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In hydraulics, a measure of water equal to the quantity discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of 1 inch diameter leading from a reservoir, under the least pressure—that is. when the water is only so high as just to cover the orifice. This quantity is very nearly 500 cubic feet.

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