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hydrant|ˈhaɪdrənt|
[Irregularly formed from Gr. ὕδωρ, ὑδρ- water + -ant1. Of U.S. origin.]
An apparatus for drawing water directly from a main, esp. in a street, consisting of a pipe with one or more nozzles to which the hose of a fire-engine, etc. may be attached, or with a spout or the like.
1828in Webster. 1839Marryat Diary Amer. Ser. i. I. 286 Some black fellow..brings out the leather hose, attached to the hydrants, as they term them here. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Swedenborg Wks. (Bohn) I. 324 In the transmission of the heavenly waters, every hose fits every hydrant. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 651 Hydrant, or fire-cock with stand pipe. 1871Daily News 28 Dec., There should be a hydrant in every hundred yards of street, to which nothing but a hose need be attached in order to throw a stream of water over the highest building near it. |