	A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler.
(Founding)	An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; - also called a riser, deadhead, or simply feed or head

See also: Feed, Feed

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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