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Exhaust :: Exhaust (n.) The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.

Swifter :: Swift (n.) The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.

Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

Ungula :: Ungula (n.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse..

Muff :: Muff (n.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe..

Bow Net :: Bow net () A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end..

Trunnioned :: Trunnioned (a.) Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine..

Broad :: Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Turtle :: Turtle (n.) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder..

Lagging :: Lagging (n.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading..

Garrot :: Garrot (n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb..

Conico- :: Conico- (a.) A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate..

Ribbed :: Ribbed (a.) Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth..

Fleece :: Fleece (n.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Condenser :: Condenser (n.) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape..

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press.

Exhaust :: Exhaust (a.) Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work..

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc..

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