Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In founding, a hollow core placed inside the mold, within which a current of cold water can be made to pass to absorb the heat and hasten the cooling of the casting: used especially to cool the bore of cast guns.
- noun In some forms of car-axle, a quantity of water in a hermetically closed cavity, intended to take up heat from the journals.
- noun A blemish, common in some varieties of the apple, in which the flesh about the core assumes a watery, translucent appearance.
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Examples
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Northern-Spy apple, or a Golden Pippin with a water-core, or a juicy and buttery Bartlett pear fresh from the tree.
The Prairie Mother Arthur Stringer 1912
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The reader will now ask me about the water-core apples, so much sought and prized by youngsters.
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The water-core is not characteristic of a variety, although occurring in some varieties more frequently than in others.
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