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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The valve at the bottom of a boiler or a mud-drum through which the mud or sediment precipitated from the water may be removed by blowing off the water under pressure, or by washing. In the United States it is called the blow-off valve.

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  • Now now, be nice.

    March 18, 2011