acid egg

noun

: a globular or cylindrical receptacle from which acid is forced by compressed air (as in manufacturing sulfuric acid) but which has been largely superseded by centrifugal pumps

called also blowcase

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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