exhaustern.
/ᵻɡˈzɔːstə/, /ɛɡˈzɔːstə/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɔstər/, /ɛɡˈzɔstər/, /ɪɡˈzɑstər/, /ɛɡˈzɑstər/ a. One who, or that which, exhausts.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > using up completely > one who or that which
corrosive1533
swallower1548
soaker1577
exhauster1743
1743 J. Ellis Knowl. Divine Things iv. 346 Now which of the Ancients was this Exhauster of Nature.
1792 A. Young Trav. France 389 Would it be no advantage to strike out one of these exhausters [wheat, rye, barley, and oats], and substitute an improver.
1853 Johnston in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 10 The wind..is probably a still more rapid and widely-acting exhauster of these forest lands.
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 60/1 Apparatus for manufacturing..concentrated manure, comprising Concentrator, Condenser, Exhauster, and Agitator.
b. In Gas-making: (see quot. 1859).
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > gas or types of gas > [noun] > storage of gas > fittings
gas main1819
gas fitting1821
exhauster1841
bypass1848
gas line1879
1841 Grafton Specif. Patent 9062 3 The gas from this end of the retort is thereafter drawn through the pipe h directly into the exhauster.
1859 Clegg Coal Gas 186 Various kinds of machines have been contrived for pumping the gas in a continuous flow out of the retorts—for that is in fact the principle of the action of exhausters.
1889 Jrnl. Gas Lighting 19 Nov. 964 The engine and exhauster are connected by a..flexible coupling.
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