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Webster 1913 Edition

(tăṉk)

Noun.

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

Simmonds.

(tăṉk)

Noun.

[Pg.

tanque

, L.

stangum

a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Cf.

Noun.

]

A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

Tank engine

a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender.

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Tank iron

plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron.

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Tank worm

(Zool.)

a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.