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TUBE |
Hollow cylinder |
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PIPE |
Hollow cylinder |
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MUFF |
A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe. |
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AIROMETER |
A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and
open below, and has its open end plunged into water. |
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CROWN-SAW |
A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on
the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion. |
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NOZZLE |
A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or
side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler. |
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BARREL |
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel
of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is
coiled. |
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SQUIB |
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with
powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning,
so as to burst there with a crack. |
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SPOOL |
A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow
cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn
upon. |
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GABION |
A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a
bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in
building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire. |
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SHAFT |
A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more
journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or
more wheels or othe... |
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FLUTE |
A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow
cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers
or by keys which are op... |
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RESONATOR |
...n the
form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two
apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by i... |
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PUMP |
...raising or
transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston
working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves pro... |
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CORE |
The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder,
tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a
casting; a p... |
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DRUM |
An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow
cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or
vellum, to be beate... |