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Squirted :: Squirrel (v. i.) One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.

Liner :: Liner (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket..

Bore :: Bore (v. t.) To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole..

Cylindrically :: Cylindrically (adv.) In the manner or shape of a cylinder; so as to be cylindrical.

Condenser :: Condenser (n.) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine..

Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..

Turtle :: Turtle (n.) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine..

Wall :: Wall (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder..

Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4..

Cleading :: Cleading (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine..

Cylindrometric :: Cylindrometric (a.) Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.

Felt :: Felt (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam emgine..

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite..

Platten :: Platten (a.) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass..

Garrot :: Garrot (n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb..

Pontoon :: Pontoon (n.) A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops..

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular..

Cushion :: Cushion (n.) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the pisto.

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

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