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wheal

/weel, hweel/US // wil, ʰwil //UK // (wiːl) //

麦粒肿,乳晕,麦粒石,乳头

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
    • : a wale or welt.

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Examples

  • At Wheal Alfred they have a 64-inch cylinder; the air-pump is 20 inches, and the stroke is half that of the engine.

  • The Wheal Prosper 16-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam vacuum engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 100 lbs.

  • Many other mines used them; one remained at work in Old Wheal Damsel in 1860.

  • Wheal Concord pumping engine, in 1827 had a similar air-pump.

  • The conversion of the other, a 63-inch low-pressure vacuum engine at Wheal Gons, will be traced in this chapter.