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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SCAVENGING
Scav "
eng
*
ing,
p.
pr.
&
vb.
n.
of
Scavenge.
Hence,
n. (Internal-
combustion
Engines )
Defn:
Act
or
process
of
expelling
the
exhaust
gases
from
the
cylinder
by
some
special
means,
as,
in
many
four-cycle
engines,
by
utilizing
the
momentum
of
the
exhaust
gases
in
a
long
exhaust
pipe.
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