plunger pump

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plunger pump - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Plunger \Plun"ger\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
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     2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or
        bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
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     3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless
        speculator. [Cant]
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     4. (Pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a
        creamy consistence. --Knight.
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     5. (Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
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     Plunger bucket, a piston, without a valve, in a pump.
  
     Plunger pole, the pump rod of a pumping engine.
  
     Plunger pump, a pump, as for water, having a plunger,
        instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be
        single-acting or double-acting
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