SUCKER

, in Mechanics, a name by which sometimes is called the piston or bucket, in a sucking pump; and sometimes the pump itself is so called.

SUCKING-Pump, the common pump, working by two valves opening upwards. See Pump.

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

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SUBSTRACTION
SUBSTILE
SUBTENSE
SUBTRIPLE
SUCCULA
* SUCKER
SUMMER
SUM
SUN
SUNDAY
SUPERFICIAL