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escape pipe
noun
- a pipe for overflowing water, escaping steam, etc
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About six feet from this is a small fissure in the rock, which is called the escape-pipe or gas-pipe.
The shorter pipe leads to the escape pipe mentioned above, while the longer one comes from the generator.
The escape-pipe was severed where it passed between two state-rooms, and filled the cabin with steam.
The escape pipe of the sink was clogged, and he had to run his finger into it again and again to get it free.
Vent′-peg, -plug, a plug for stopping the vent of a barrel; Vent′-pipe, an escape-pipe.
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