The same with escape-valves.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Prime>>. II. Priming ·noun The carrying over of water, with the steam, from th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a tree, pruning it. Norf. and Suff. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
See under their respective particular names. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Consist of a pointed wire used through the vent to prick the cartridge when it is "home," and of a f...
In marine engines. (See cylinder escape-valves.) ...
The adaptations used in a marine-engine to change the admission of the steam into, and its eduction ...
Small conical valves at each end of the cylinder, for the purpose of letting off any water that may ...