Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pipe, running along near the top of the steam-space, which takes steam from the boiler.
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Examples
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Then the reversing lever went forward with a clang, and the steam squealed shrilly in the dry-pipe.
Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893
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