What is that which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a come in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion) called?
deflector — That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a come in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion). (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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