forcer (1)

[Eng.forc(e); -er.] I. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which forces, compels, or constrains. "To be the forcer of a herd." Chapman: Homer; Hymn to Hermes, pt. iii. II. Technically : 1. Mech.: A solid piston applied to pumps for the purpose of producing a constant flow of water, or of raising water to a greater height than is po ible by the pre ure of the atmosphere. 2. Min .: A small pump worked by hand; used in sinking pits, draining cellars, . "The usual means for the ascent of water is either by suckers or forcers ."-Wilkins: Dædal us , vol. ii., ch. xv. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, forcer *förç'-er (2), *fors-er, s. [O. Fr. forcier , forsier ; Ital. forziere , from Low Lat.for sari us .) A chest, a box, a casket.