Crossword-Solution: PENSTOCK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Penstock | n. | A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses. |
| Penstock | n. | The barrel of a wooden pump. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “PENSTOCK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Pipe to a waterwheel | 1 answer |
| conduit that supplies water to a hydroelectric power plant | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
AODLRS
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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Sentences with PENSTOCK (5)
This is the reason why, when he is sent to the spring for a pitcher of water, and the family are waiting at the dinner-table, he is absent so long; for he stops to poke the frog that sits on the stone, or, if there is a penstock, to put his hand over the spout and squirt the water a little while.
Under the broad but scanty shade of the great button-ball tree (as it was called) stood an old watering-trough, with its half-decayed penstock and well-worn spout pouring forever cold, sparkling water into the overflowing trough.
Yes, four good turbines and a neat brick penstock—eh? This old Wheel’s absurdly out of date.” “Well,” said the Cat, who after a little proud seclusion had returned to her place impenitent as ever.
This is the reason why, when he is sent to the spring for a pitcher of water, he is absent so long; for he stops to poke the frog that sits on the stone, or, if there is a penstock, to put his hand over the spout, and squirt the water a little while.
One end was used for the dining-room, with the table seating twenty persons, and in the other were the sink and the "penstock," which brought water from a clear, cold spring high up in the mountains.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NY Sun.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2008).