单词 | hogger-pipe |
释义 | > as lemmashogger-pipe hogger-pipe n. Scottish and English regional (northern) Mining (now rare) the top pipe in a pumping set, with a short pipe cast near the top to which a hogger (sense 2) is attached. ΚΠ 1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 340/2 As soon as the top of the hoggar is upon a level with the top of the cistern, the hoggar-pipe is removed, a common pipe put in its place, and upon the top of this pipe the hoggar-pipe is again fixed. 1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Hogger-pipe, in mining, the upper terminal pipe with delivery-hose of the mining-pump (North. Eng.). < as lemmas |
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