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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A device for removing ashes and the tarry deposit (with dust) from the fire-tubes of steam-boilers. A steam-jet at high pressure receives from a suitable nozle a spiral or helical motion, when introduced at the end of the tube, and acts both mechanically and as a solvent to remove the clogging material.
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