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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·du·cing a & n. from Reduce.
 Reducing furnace Metal., a furnace for reducing ores.
 Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one.
 Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver.