gas linen.1
/ˈɡas ˌlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˈlaɪn/ΚΠ
1834 Morning Chron. 31 Oct. David, in his defence, said that being late to get home from his work, bein [sic] that he was in the gas line, as he was on his way home Mr. Millwood began to oppose him, and call him an Irish Roosian.
1852 Sci. Amer. 24 Jan. 148/4 It is the duty of all to exert an influence in bringing about a reform in the gas line.
1875 Rep. Select Comm. Metropolis Gas Companies Bill 193 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 281) XII. 1 Is there anything else you would like to suggest in the gas line that you have had to do with?
2. Physics. A spectral line associated with light absorbed or emitted by a gas. Now rare.
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1863 Philos. Trans. 1862 (Royal Soc.) 152 979 It does not belong exclusively to any metal; nor can it be considered a gas line.
1895 Chem. News 6 Dec. 271/2 Giving the observations equal weight, the gas line would thus appear to be probably coincident with the middle of the chromospheric line.
1920 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 98 119 In the ultra-violet region..there appeared on the photographic plates a series of gas lines.
3. Originally U.S. A pipeline or pipe that carries gas of any kind (as natural gas, waste gas, or fuel gas); a gas main.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > gas or types of gas > [noun] > storage of gas > fittings
gas main1819
gas fitting1821
exhauster1841
bypass1848
gas line1879
1879 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 28 July Two horses belonging to the Superintendent of the Butler Co.'s gas line were drowned.
1904 Gas Engine Nov. 508/1 For this determination a tap is run off the main gas line and a Junker calorimeter used.
1929 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 1 609 These manifold pipes..join at the end of the tank, where they connect with a 4-inch gas line leading to the meter.
1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) v. 159 Design problems encountered in gas lines differ considerably from those of crude oil lines.
2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 150 Whenever they were doing electrical work or repairing a gas line in her neighborhood, she'd come in the next day singing the praises of the fine folks who kept our utilities running.
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1879 E. T. Cox et al. Eighth, Ninth & Tenth Rep. Geol. Surv. Indiana 383 A well bored during the oil excitement a short distance south of the village, yields burning gas, showing that it is near the gas line.
1885 Cent. Mag. Jan. 466/2 The term ‘gas line’ has now all the attractions of the ‘oil belt’ of former days.
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gas linen.2
/ˈɡas ˌlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˈlaɪn/ΚΠ
1878 Eng. Mech. 11 Oct. 111/1 The two tanks may be named the wheel-chamber and the gas-holder respectively. In the former the gas line is kept up to a constant level.
2. A pipeline or pipe that carries gasoline or petrol.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other types of pipe
swan-pen1426
service pipe1718
standpipe1728
service1786
jet pipe1795
safety tube1803
gas pipe1807
outlet pipe1837
pipette1839
downpipe1846
nipple1863
downcomer1868
downcome1872
wyea1877
benda1884
Y brancha1884
gas line1887
sparge pipe1910
riser1962
marine riser1972
1887 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 2 Nov. 1/4 A gas line explosion... An explosion in the rear cellar of Michael Newman's grocery store.
1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 4 Juan Chicey fixed flat tyres, got the air locks out of gas lines.
1989 G. Keillor We are still Married (1990) 115 He unclamped his Johnson outboard, disconnected the gas line, hoisted it overhead, and heaved it in the drink.
2009 D. A. Rose Fishing Boat viii. 75/1 Have your dealer or boat rigger hook a separate gas line from each motor into the main gas tank.
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