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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A compartment in a steam engine through which steam is delivered from the boiler to a cylinder.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder

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