PLUNGER

, in Mechanics, a solid brass cylinder, used as a forcer in forcing pumps.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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PLINTH
PLOT
PLOTTING
PLOUGH
PLUMMET
* PLUNGER
PLUS
PLUVIAMETER
PNEUMATICS
POINT
POINTING