| 单词 | waste-steam pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaste-steam pipe c. waste water (now frequently written as one word), (a) superfluous water, or water that has served its purpose, allowed to run away; (b) water that has been used in some industrial process; (c) sewage; also attributive as waste-water pail, waste-water pipe. waste steam, the superfluous steam discharged from a boiler, or the spent steam discharged from the cylinder of a steam-engine; also attributive in waste-steam pipe. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [noun] > of surplus water waste waterc1450 surabundance?1473 float1523 overflowing1574 waste1587 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > waste water kitchen-lee1638 slop1815 waste water1839 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > waste steam waste steam1839 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning > sewage sullage1553 soil1603 sulliage1667 sewage1834 sewerage1851 waste water1979 c1450 in Archaeologia 58 301 The goter of breke for þe waste watre. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 212 This Waste-Water is carried away in Drains. 1791 R. Mylne in Rep. Engineers Commissioners Navigation Thames 33 A gauged long weir should be run across the River, at the waste water draw-lock..and another, upon the Stone tumbling bay. 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 122 The waste steam pipe is generally of cast iron or copper, terminating at its upper end in a bell mouth. 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 148 The oil, &c., put into the cylinders..is rapidly carried away through the waste water pipe into the sea. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 313 When the steam in the boiler exceeds its proper pressure it raises the valve and escapes by a pipe called the waste-steam-pipe. 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 100 A current of hot air produced by a fan driven by the waste steam from the apparatus. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6130 Foot bath, hot-water jug, and waste-water pail. 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 70 Waste-water, water from old workings. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 27 June 6- c/3 The liquifaction process could give off up to 4.8 million gallons of wastewater per day and..there could be another 100 tons of solid waste generated each day by the coal scrubbing process. 1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. ii. 12/7 (advt.) C/1073: M. K. Morrison—to discharge wastewater from State Highway No 1 into Alexandra Creek headwaters..in connection with quarrying operations at Cuthill, Albany. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. d 3/1 Stephen J. Tencza, former project engineer with the Pima County Department of Wastewater Management, has joined John S. Collins & Associates as a project engineer for the firm's sanitary engineering department. < as lemmas |
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