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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The valve between the condenser and the air-pump in a steam-engine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mech.) A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.
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