The Century, XXXVIII

89. 7. Aman's silk or dre hat; a plug-hat. [Slang.] -8. A worn, damaged, unfashionable, or otherwise injured article, which, by reason of its the muzzle of his piece. The haft or plug was often of horn, more commonly of wood, and the steel was secured to this by bra or iron mounting. plugboard (plug'bord), п. A switchboard in which the connections are made by means of bra or other conducting plugs. plug-cock (plug'kok), n . A cock in which a plug with a transverse hole in it is fitted into a transverse hole in a hol low barrel or cylinder, the diameter of the plug being greater than the interior diameter of the cylinder, and therefore permitting liquid to flow through the latter only when the transverse hole in the plug is so turned as to form a continu IMG:content-0452.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small] a , body or barrel; b , tapered plug; c, tightening-screw fitted to the bot tom of b , and bearing upon a washer, e; d , thumb-piece, in large cocks replaced by a hand-lever or wrench. ous pa age with the hollow in the cylinder. The plugs are sometimes covered or packed with a yielding material, and are usually tapered, so that pre ing them into their seats keeps them tight. plug-finisher (plug'fin"ish-ėr), n. In dentistry , a fine file, of a great variety of shapes, used for finishing the surfaces of plugs or fillings. plugger (plug'ėr), n . One who or that which plugs; specifically, a dentists' instrument, of various forms, for driving and packing a filling material into a hole in a carious tooth. See den tal hammer , under hammer1 , E. H. Knight . plugging-forceps (plug'ing-fôr"seps), n. A dentists' instrument or plugger used to compre a filling in a carious tooth. E. H. Knight . plug-hat (plug'hat), n. Same as chimney - pot hat (which see, under hat1 ). [Slang.] plughet, n. An obsolete dialectal form of plow . plug-hole (plug'hol), n. A hole for a plug; a hole left by the removal of a plug.