What is to clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape called?
purge — To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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