Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Syphon \Sy"phon\, n.
   See {Syphon}.

Source : WordNet®

syphon
     n : a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level
         outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces
         the liquid through the tube [syn: {siphon}]
     v : convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon [syn: {siphon},
          {siphon off}]