The
proboscis of an elephant.
A long tube through which pellets of clay,
p(?)as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
A box or chest usually covered with leather,
metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for
containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the
effects of a traveler.
A flume or sluice in which ores
are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
A large pipe forming the
piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of
the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass
within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more
compact.
A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of
plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or
to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
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