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RECEIVER

Volume 9 · 58 words · 1778 Edition

in pneumatics, a glass vessel for containing the thing on which an experiment in the air-pump is to be made.

receptor or receptator, in law, is commonly understood in a bad sense, and used for such as knowingly receive stolen goods from thieves, and conceal them. This crime is felony, and the punishment is transportation for 14 years.