'Infiltration gallery' definitions:

Definition of 'Infiltration gallery'

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  • Infiltration \In`fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infiltration.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body, or of persons into a hostile organization. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
  • Fatty infiltration. (Med.) See under Fatty.
  • Infiltration gallery, a filter gallery. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'infiltration gallery'

From: GCIDE
  • Filter \Fil"ter\, n. [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.] Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air. [1913 Webster]
  • Filter bed, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel.
  • Filter gallery, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also {infiltration gallery}. [1913 Webster]