Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blast-pipe nozle inside the twyer of a blast-furnace.
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Examples
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This engine was severely tested, and worked without accident throughout the day, the seventeenth trial lasting no less than 63 minutes, during which the steam and water were both kept to a pressure of 90 lbs. on the square inch throughout, working through a 1-3/8 inch nose-pipe.
Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood
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Messrs. Merryweather's engine commenced working as arranged when the steam-gauge indicated a pressure of 100 lbs., and was 2 minutes and 50 seconds at work before water passed through the nose-pipe.
Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood
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