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A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at
the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or
other vessels; a funnel. |
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The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a
flue; a funnel. |
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An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or
railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under
rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like. |
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A level passage driven across the measures, or at right
angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the
drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the
tunnel. |
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To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a
tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. |
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To catch in a tunnel net. |
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To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under;
as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river. |
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