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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
     1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
        the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
        through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
        it through.
  
     Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
        exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
        out of a room in ventilating it.
  
     Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
        orifice or nozzle.
  
     Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
        steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
        condenser.
  
     Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
        or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
  
     Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
        or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
  
     Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
        escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
        produce motion of the piston.
  
     Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
        steam escape out of a cylinder.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
     1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
  
     2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
        the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
  
     Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
        through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
        it through.
  
     Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
        exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
        out of a room in ventilating it.
  
     Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
        orifice or nozzle.
  
     Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
        steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
        condenser.
  
     Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
        or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
  
     Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
        or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
  
     Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
        escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
        produce motion of the piston.
  
     Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
        steam escape out of a cylinder.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  exhaust nozzle /ɛɡzˈɔːst nˈɒzəl/
  Abdampfstutzen 
     Synonym: exhaust flange
  

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