plunge bath

A large bath in which a person can wholly immerse himself. plunge-pole, 8. [PLUNGER, II. 3.] *plun-geon, s. [Fr. plonge on , from plonger =to plunge.] A sea-fowl, the diver. plŭng-er, s. [Eng. plung (e); -er.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit.: One who or that which plunges. 2. Figuratively: (1) One who bets heavily and reckle ly on the stock and grain market, a race, or other contest. "A few plungers were clever enough to lay 100 to 8."Field, Oct. 3, 1885. (2) A cavalry-man. ( Mil . slang .) II. Technically : 1. Ordn.: A form of striker used in some breech loading fire-arms; a firing-pin. 2. Pottery : A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel into a creamy consistence. 3. Pumping: A long solid cylinder employed as a piston in a force-pump. [PLUNGER-PUMP.] plunger-bucket, s. A bucket without a valve. [PLUNGER-PUMP.] plunger-pole, s. [PLUNGER, II. 3.]