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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In electricity, an instrument employed to discharge a Leyden jar or other electrical apparatus in such a manner as to secure the operator from the force or effect of the shock.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Elec.) A kind of discarder.

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