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noun

Water tube n.

(Zool.) One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates.

Any tube for passing or holding water; specif., in some steam boilers, a tube in which water circulates and steam is generated.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... a rocket pistol and a plastic water tube. Chief Slichow emphasized that the keepers of rations could hardly, in an emergency, give even the appearance of favoring themselves in regard to food. They would go without. Kolin maintained a standard expression as the Chief's sharp stare ...

— The Talkative Tree • Horace Brown Fyfe

... designed to receive ultimately seventy-two safety water tube three drum boilers, each having 6,008 square feet of effective heating surface, by which the aggregate heating surface of the boiler room will be ...

— The New York Subway - Its Construction and Equipment • Anonymous

... evidence that where steam is the power agent to be employed the water-tube type of boiler is likely to be employed, and to the exclusion of all other forms of apparatus for the generation of steam. The advantages of this type, particularly the tubulous form (or a small water tube), made as it is in sections, offers unrivalled facilities for transport service. The heaviest parts need not exceed 3 cwt. in weight, and require neither heavy nor yet expensive ...

— Getting Gold • J. C. F. Johnson