suckener

[Eng. sucken; -er.] [SUCKEN.] sucker (1), s. [SUGAR.] ( Scotch.) sŭck'-ěr (2), s. [Eng.suck, v.; -er.] I. Ordinary Language. 1. Literally: (1) One who or that which sucks or draws with the mouth, especially a young pig. "For suckers the demand was not very brisk, and prices were stationary."-London Standard. (2) The piston of a suction-pump. "Oil must be poured into the cylinder, that the sucker may slip up and down in it more smoothly."- Boyle . (3) A pipe or tube through which anything is drawn. "Mariners aye ply the pump So they, but cheerful, unfatigued, still move The draining sucker." Philips : Cider , ii. (4) In the same sense as II. 1. (5) A round piece of leather having a central per for at i on for the attachment of a string; when ren dered flexible by wetting, and applied to a smooth object, as a stone, the adhesion between the two surfaces due to atmospheric pre ure enables the stone to be lifted. IMG:content-0518.png:[blocks in formation] (2) The family Discoboli. The space between the ventral fins is occupied by a round disc, by means of which they can attach themselves firmly to rocks. (CYCLOPTERUS, LIPARIS, LUMP-SUCKER.]