| Tunnel (tunnel) |
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| n. . | (?) |
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| Tun"nel |
| [F. tonnelle a
semicircular, wagon-headed vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also
tonnel; dim. of tonne a tun; -- so named from its resemblance
to a tun in shape. See Ton.] |
A vessel with a
broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor,
fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
The opening of a chimney for the passage of
smoke; a flue; a funnel.
An artificial passage or archway for conducting
canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under
rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the
like.
A level passage driven across
the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; --
distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along
the vein when reached by the tunnel.
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| Tunnel (tunnel) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Tun"nel |
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To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form
like a tunnel] as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.
To catch in a tunnel net.
To make an opening, or a passageway, through or
under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
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