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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus, controlled by gas-pressure, which regulates the speed of a steam-engine driving a gas-exhauster, thus maintaining any required pressure or exhaust.
- noun A device for regulating the flow of illuminating gas from a burner and preventing waste.
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