Ajutage

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ajutage \Aj"u*tage\, n. [F. ajutage, for ajoutage, fr. ajouter
     to add, LL. adjuxtare, fr. L. ad + juxta near to, nigh. Cf.
     {Adjutage}, {Adjustage}, {Adjust}.]
     A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as,
     the ajutage of a fountain.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AJUTAGE. A conical tube, used in drawing water through an aperture, by the
  use of which the quantity of water drawn is much increased. When a privilege
  to draw water from a canal through the forebay or tunnel by means of in
  aperture has been granted, it is not lawful to add an adjutage, unless such
  was the intention of the parties. 2 Whart. R. 477.