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noun
A pipe to conduct something downwards.
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
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noun
A pipe to conduct something downwards.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
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History
From down + comer.
