Hypertext Webster Gateway: "syphon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Syphon \Sy"phon\, n.
See {Syphon}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
syphon
n : a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level
outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces
the liquid through the tube [syn: {siphon}]
v : convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon [syn: {siphon},
{siphon off}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.