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GEYSER
geyser
(noun) a spring that discharges hot water and steam
geyser
(verb) to overflow like a geyser
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
geyser (plural geysers)
(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc, driven up by the expansive power of steam.
(British, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
(South Africa) A domestic water boiler.
Verb
geyser (third-person singular simple present geysers, present participle geysering, simple past and past participle geysered)
(ambitransitive) To (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser.
Anagrams
• Sergey, eygres
Source: Wiktionary
Gey"ser, n. Etym: [Icel. geysir, fr. geysa to rush furiously, fr. gj to gush. Cf. Gush.]
Definition: A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
Note: Geysers were first known in Iceland, and later in New Zealand. In the Yellowstone region in the United States they are numerous, and some of them very powerful, throwing jets of boiling water and steam to a height of 200 feet. They are grouped in several areas called geyser basins. The mineral matter, or geyserite, with which geyser water is charged, forms geyser cones about the orifice, often of great size and beauty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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