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The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
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One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
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One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
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The firing pin of a breechloader.
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One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
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A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
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A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger.
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The plunger of a hydraulic press.
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A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
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The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.
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