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TANK |
Water cistern |
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SUSPIRAL |
A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern
or conduit. |
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FLOAT |
The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which
floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. |
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LEADER |
A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern
or to the ground; a conductor. |
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SUMP |
The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine,
from which is pumped the water which accumulates there. |
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LADE |
To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to
lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. |
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BACK |
A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by
brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for
mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. |
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IMPLUVIUM |
In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium
or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the
compluvium; generally... |