OED and definition of "siphon"

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

The issue mentioned above is discussed on the following website. (But I have no idea who's right.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100511/ts_afp/scienceaustralialanguageoffbeat_20100511102011 <https://minermail.mst.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100511/ts_afp/scienceaustralialanguageoffbeat_20100511102011>

Gerald Cohen

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