Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pipe through which liquids pass away, or are ejected, from a pump; a discharge-pipe.
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Examples
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Larger sizes have two generating chambers, and the nozzle of the water delivery-pipe may be switched over from one to the other.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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The generator _A_ is provided with a carbide container with perforated base, and water is supplied to it from a delivery-pipe through
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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The left side of the heart pumps this blood out into the great main delivery-pipe for pure blood, known as the _aorta_, and this begins to give off branches to the different parts of the body, within a few inches of where it leaves the heart.
A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896
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From this the air goes to a delivery-pipe, up through the floor, and to the turbine.
Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis Albert A. Michelson 1891
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