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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a rotary engine or pump, a disk or wheel carrying at its outer margin one or more pistons.
- noun In a chain-pump, a wheel carrying an endless chain to which are attached pistons working in a tube or barrel. See
rotary engine (under rotary), and chain-pump.
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