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Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates..

Welt :: Welt (n.) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint..

Feed :: Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..

Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.

Manhole :: Manhole (n.) A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing..

Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler..

Vaporization :: Vaporization (n.) The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler..

Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..

Sectional :: Sectional (a.) Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler..

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..

Stoker :: Stoker (v. t.) One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire..

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler..

Boiler :: Boiler (n.) A vessel in which any thing is boiled.

Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses..

Jacket :: "Jacket (v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket..

Priming :: Priming (n.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder..

Furring :: Furring (v. t.) A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit..

Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler..

Unrivet :: Unrivet (v. t.) To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates..

Calliope :: Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers..

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