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Doughnut :: Doughnut (n.) A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.

Injector :: Injector (n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates..

Uptake :: Uptake (n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward..

Saltern :: Saltern (n.) A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.

Ebulliency :: Ebulliency (n.) A boiling up or over; effervescence.

Pot-walloper :: Pot-walloper (n.) A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months..

Gathering :: Gathering (n.) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Mason :: Mason (v. t.) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler..

Jam :: "Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam..

Pap :: Pap (n.) A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water..

Bullition :: Bullition (v. i.) The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition.

Flue :: Flue (n.) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes.

Caldron :: Caldron (n.) A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.].

Multitubular :: Multitubular (a.) Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler..

Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation..

Fur :: Fur (n.) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston..

Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To boil or seethe; to cook.

Brose :: Brose (n.) Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used..

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