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Scavenging

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinder by some special means, as, in many four-cycle engines, by utilizing the momentum of the exhaust gases in a long exhaust pipe.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scavenging'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scavenging.html. 1828.