·add. ·- In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with.
·noun A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consist...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In the marine steam-engine, a metal disc fitting the bore of the cylinder, and made to slide up and ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The proboscis of an <<Insect>>. II. Trunk ·noun The proboscis of an <<Elephant>>. III. Trunk...
A nose. How fares your old trunk? does your nose still stand fast? an allusion to the proboscis or t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
(See rudder-trunk.) Also, a large species of turtle. Also, a place for keeping fish in. Also, an iro...
·add. ·- A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for a piston. ...
A rod which is firmly fixed in the piston by a key driven through both. ...
·add. ·- An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustion engines. ...
·add. ·- A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, b...
A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port,...
A direct-acting steam-engine, in which the end of the connecting-rod is attached to the bottom of a ...
A name of the Ostracion, a fish remarkable for having its body encased in an inflexible armour of ha...
·noun A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sli...
·pl of Cornet-a-piston. ...
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...