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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Æolipile

· Æ·ol·i·pile · IPA
01 n. An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is …
  1. 1.
    An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve.