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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A device for removing deposits of carbon, in the form of soot, lampblack, or cinders, by the aspirating effect of a current of steam which induces a flow of air and carries out the deposited carbon. Water may also be used to induce the motion. Also called cinder-ejector.

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