Definition of Geiser

Definition of Geiser

Geyser, fountains which from time to time, under the expansion of steam, eject columns of steam and hot water, and which are met with in Iceland, North America, and New Zealand, of which the most remarkable is the Great Geyser, 70 m. N. of Reikiavik, in Iceland, which ejects a column of water to 60 ft. in height, accompanied with rumblings underground; these eruptions will continue some 15 minutes, and they recur every few hours.

- Wikipedia

Gey"ser (?), n. [Icel. geysir, fr. geysa to rush furiously, fr. gjōsa to gush. Cf. Gush.] A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

&fist; Geysers were first known in Iceland, and later in New Zealand. In the Yellowstone region in the United States they are numerous, and some of them very powerful, throwing jets of boiling water and steam to a height of 200 feet. They are grouped in several areas called geyser basins. The mineral matter, or geyserite, with which geyser water is charged, forms geyser cones about the orifice, often of great size and beauty.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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