plunge battery

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plunge battery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Plunge \Plunge\, n.
     1. The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap,
        rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the
        water with a plunge.
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     2. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being
        submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. [R.]
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              She was brought to that plunge, to conceal her
              husband's murder or accuse her son.   --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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              And with thou not reach out a friendly arm,
              To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows?
                                                    --Addison.
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     3. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or
        violently forward, like an unruly horse.
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     4. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous
        speculation. [Cant]
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     Plunge bath, an immersion by plunging; also, a large bath
        in which the bather can wholly immerse himself.
  
     Plunge battery, or plunging battery (Elec.), a voltaic
        battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into,
        or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure.
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