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One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.

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  1. n. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
  2. n. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
  3. n. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
  4. n. A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
  5. n. The firing pin of a breechloader.
  6. n. someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
  7. n. someone who dives (into water)
  8. n. hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains
  9. n. mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
  10. A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamyconsistence. Knight.
  11. n:100 n. hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains