suctionn.

/ˈsʌkʃən/

Etymology: < Latin suctio, -ōnem, noun of action < suct- , sūgĕre to suck v. Compare French succion (Old French suction).

a. The action of sucking with the tongue and lips (or analogous organs). Also, an instance of this.Applied to a method of extracting soft cataract (and the instruments used) by sucking the liquid from the lens through a tube (cf. suction tube n. at Compounds 4).

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > absorption or assimilation (of a substance, etc.) > [noun] > suction

suction1626

suck1760

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §191 Sounds..may be made, as well by Suction, as by Emission of the Breath: as in Whistling, or Breathing.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. §2. 169 The Motions dependent on the Sensations of the Tongue..: Suction, Mastication [etc.].

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 376 The author asserts, that..all the parts [in insects] derive their aliment from simple suction.

1840 L. Hunt Seer i. x. 25/1 His [sc. a fly's] suctions of sugar.

1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xiii. 194 The internal digestive apparatus [of the leech] is evidently adapted..to form a capacious reservoir for the reception of fluids taken in by suction.

1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 2 When I..sent those streaky lollipops home for your fairy suction.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 615 He was unable to take sustenance, except by suction.

1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 130 Extraction of Soft Cataract by Suction... Two, three, or four days having elapsed, the second stage or suction part of the operation may be performed.

b. Imbibing strong drink, drinking. slang.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor

bottle1593

potting1594

cupping1614

bubbing1665

dram-drinking1772

dramminga1790

suction1817

bibation1830

bibbery1831

poculation1837

smiling1858

nipping1880

bibulation1882

liquidation1889

1817 W. Scott Let. 11 Aug. (1933) IV. 495 A man..cannot easily spend much money in liquor since he must walk three or four miles to the place of action and back again.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxiii. 237 Wery good power o' suction, Sammy.

1913 Daily Mail 25 Apr. 5/1 ‘What was this debt for?’ asked Judge Snagge. ‘Suction, my lord,’ was the reply.

†c. transferred. The craving of appetite. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun]

hungerc825

appetite1303

famec1515

sharpness1581

suction1615

meat-will1643

sucking1656

sharpsetness1673

esurition1678

stomach-worm1788

hunger-pain1820

yird-hunger1825

appetizement1826

yapness1828

esuriencea1834

peckishness1871

sinking feeling1890

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 169 Least the parts shoulde pine away when they are..hunger-starued, nature hath framed one part of exquisite and perfect sense, which alone fore-apprehending the suction and so the want of the rest [etc.].

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 365 A continual and unsatiable desire of eating caused, by a vehement sense of suction in the mouth of the ventricle.

d. figurative.

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1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xvii. 274 They had been drawn into the great current of human life, and were swept away with it, as by the suction of fate itself.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 24 Oct. 8/1 If we had joined the movement we should have been drawn into it through suction.

2. The production of a more or less complete vacuum with the result that external atmospheric pressure forces fluid into the vacant space or causes the adhesion of surfaces.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > suction

suction1658

sucking1688

1658 R. White tr. K. Digby Late Disc. Cure Wounds (1660) 53 One may remark within the..œconomy of nature, sundry sorts of attractions: as that of suction.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 129 The pressure would not be so much..unless at the time of the suction of the air.

1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. v. 212 Suction and the ascension of water in pumps.

1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 20 The external Pressure of the Atmosphere or what is vulgarly called Suction.

?1793 Catal. Optical Instruments (W. & S. Jones) 6 A model of a water pump, exemplifying the nature of pumps, and proving the absurdity of what is called suction.

1878 L. P. Meredith Teeth (ed. 2) 222 That adaptation of the plate to the mucous membrane which is necessary to keep out particles of food, or to make perfect suction.

1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. vi. 86 The suction had been so great as to tear the leather gaiters I wore off my legs.

3. Short for suction pipe n. at Compounds 4.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > sucker or suction pipe

sucker1611

supper1611

suction pipe1793

wind-bore1797

suction tube1863

tail-pipe1883

suction1886

1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 65 Suction, or Suction pipe, the tail pipe of a pump; that part of a pump where the water enters.

1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xi. 124 Its length is sufficient to enable it to be screwed at its other end to any of the suctions.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

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1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Suction power is the force exerted on the blood in the veins, by the active dilatation of the heart.

1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 145/1 Air entering veins lying within the suction-influence of the chest.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 250 The alternate compressive action of the abdominal wall and suction action of the thorax.

C2. Also in various names of machines which perform their operations by suction or the creation of a vacuum.

suction cleaner n.

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1904 Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 9/3 Their fight with suction cleaners alone had cost them £3,750.

suction gas engine n.

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1906 Westm. Gaz. 2 Oct. 5/2 The householder must supply himself with a small suction gas-engine.

suction hose n.

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1888 Daily News 2 July 5/5 The Grinder and Manly tugs got to work with their suction hose.

suction sweeper n.

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1920 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 830/1 A suction-sweeper that we have examined recently runs the electric type very close indeed.

1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 114/1 Whirlwind Suction Sweeper. Its revolving Brush sweeps the carpet... Its powerful suction sucks the dust into the dustproof container.

C3. spec. in Aeronautics, used attributively to designate various devices concerned with controlling flow conditions in the boundary layer, as suction aerofoil, suction control, suction slot, etc.

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1933 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) vii. 58 Suction face, the side of an airscrew blade formed by the upper surfaces of its aerofoil elements.

1946 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 50 431/1 The suction aerofoil exhibits a large discontinuous fall of velocity followed by a gentle rising velocity from the position of the suction slot to the trailing edge.

1950 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 54 159/2 The suction wing principle must be associated with the flying wing layout for it to be truly advantageous.

1960 Aeroplane 99 268/2 In spite of official reluctance to admit the potentialities of suction control of the boundary layer, the enthusiasts persist in their efforts.

1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 350/1 The US..flew a modified twin-jet reconnaissance aircraft..in 1966 with suction slots which also achieved a high degree of wing laminar flow.

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suction box n. = suction chamber n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > chamber or receptacle

receiver1660

air vessel1671

recipient1672

chamber1769

suction chamber1864

air chamber1873

suction box1889

1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xi. 124 A suction-box or valve chest..is fitted beneath the pump.

suction chamber n. a chamber in a pump into which the liquid is conveyed by the suction-pipe.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > chamber or receptacle

receiver1660

air vessel1671

recipient1672

chamber1769

suction chamber1864

air chamber1873

suction box1889

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suction-chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers.

suction dredge n. Engineering a type of dredge employing a suction pump, used in the dredging of soft material from sea-beds and river bottoms.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > dredging equipment

dredge1471

clam-shell1508

drag1611

steam dredge1801

dredging-machine1830

hedgehog1838

bag and spoon1840

hydrophore1842

dredger1863

gold dredge1881

gold dredger1897

suction dredge1901

bucket dredge1907

cutter-dredge1913

1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Oct. 3/2 Next Monday..the first suction dredge ever operated in the western part of the Dominion will be given a trial.

1940 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Dec. 6/3 Excavations by huge dipper and suction dredges already are under way at both ends of the canal.

1977 New Yorker 20 June 68/2 Suction dredges are portable, cheap, irresistible to a certain class of lone, adventuring miner.

suction dredger n. a vessel which carries a suction dredge.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > dredger-hopper

steam dredger1801

steam hopper1812

hopper-dredge1896

suction dredger1911

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 Apr. 14/5 Plans are being prepared for a new suction dredger of the type of the King Edward for use in British Columbia coast waters.

1930 Engineering 13 June 760/1 The sand backing was filled in over the bank by suction dredgers.

1974 H. R. Cooper Pract. Dredging (ed. 2) i. 10 (caption) A powerful pump, a floating platform, a pipe and disposal system…that is the simple anatomy of the Suction Dredger.

suction dredging n.

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society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > [noun] > dredging > specific method

bucket-dredging1898

suction dredging1965

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. vii. 69/2 These sands were washed beyond the narrow confines of the Ohinemuri River..where they were worked by suction-dredging some years ago.

1974 H. R. Cooper Pract. Dredging (ed. 2) p. x During the 12 years since the first edition of Practical Dredging was published, trailing suction dredging methods have become increasingly important.

suction engine n. U.S. a hydraulic engine.

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1830 Mass. Stat. 9 Mar. The number of enginemen shall not exceed fifty to every hydraulion or suction engine.

1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 168 Each of these companies is provided with Fire and Suction Engines and Hose Reel.

suction fan n. (a) a fan used to increase or diminish the draught in a furnace; (b) a fan for withdrawing chaff and dirt from grain, or steam and hot air from meal, as it comes from the burrs (Knight, 1884).

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the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > fan > other types of fan

fanny1842

electric fan1868

exhaust-fan1874

suction fan1874

blast-fan1879

turbofan1911

1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 400 A suction-fan wherewith to increase or diminish the draught, and to cause the effectual passage of the gases and fumes through even a compact mass of ore.

suction gas n. the town gas produced by a suction plant.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > gaseous, vaporous, or vaporized

oxyhydrogen1823

acetylene1860

isobutane1876

albo-carbon1878

mixture1878

producer gas1883

astatki1885

hydrazine1887

oxy-gas1900

oxyacetylene1907

suction gas1907

propane gas1930

oxy-propane1963

oxy-fuel1967

syngas1975

autogas1982

1907 Daily Mail Year Bk. 75/2 Suction-gas has been adapted to marine purposes.

1936 W. A. Bone & G. W. Himus Coal xxiv. 417 By the year 1901 ‘Suction-Gas Plants’ were established on the market.

1936 W. A. Bone & G. W. Himus Coal xxiv. 418 A typical ‘suction gas’, generated from gas-coke, with air saturated with steam at 51·7°C, contains CO₂ = 5·15, CO = 25·45, H₂ = 13·10, CH₄ = 0·30, and N₂ = 56·00 per cent.

suction lift n. Mechanics the height to which a liquid can be drawn up a pipe by suction.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > suction > height to which liquid drawn by

suction lift1909

1909 Hawkins' Mech. Dict. 559/2 Suction lift.

1940 F. A. Kristal & F. A. Annett Pumps ii. 103 It is a generally accepted rule that 15-ft. suction lift is a safe operating condition.

1976 C. P. Kittredge in I. J. Karassik et al. Pump Handbk. ii. 148 A positive value of h_s is called a suction head while a negative value of h_s is called a suction lift.

suction pipe n. (a) the pipe leading from the bottom of a pump barrel to the reservoir from which fluid is to be drawn; (b) a pipe for the extraction of dust from tow.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > sucker or suction pipe

sucker1611

supper1611

suction pipe1793

wind-bore1797

suction tube1863

tail-pipe1883

suction1886

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > other equipment

riba1325

ribber?a1500

suction pipe1793

1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 209 A proper length of suction pipe.

1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 215 Arrangements..for cleaning the tow by a blowing-machine, with dust suction-pipes.

suction plant n. a form of gas producer (see producer n.) in which the blast is induced by suction.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > types of furnace by method of operation

lamp-furnace1651

wind-furnace1651

reverbatory1656

blast furnace1706

revolver1879

run-out1881

flame-furnace1888

producer1890

resistance furnace1897

induction furnace1907

suction plant1909

high-frequency induction furnace1918

solar furnace1924

roller hearth furnace1927

1909 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1908 826 A suction plant costs less and occupies less ground space, but the gas made in it is not so strong as in the older form of pressure plant.

1920 H. C. Greenwood Industr. Gases iii. 344 Suction plants have an advantage in the reduction of risk of carbon monoxide poisoning owing to the prevailing negative pressure.

suction-plate n. (a) a dental plate kept in position by atmospheric pressure; (b) (see quot. 1889).

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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > denture > plate

plate1845

suction-plate1875

mouth plate1876

saddle1907

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2442/2 Suction-plate (Dental).

1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xi. 124 A deck- or suction-plate,..to the under side of which, at its centre, the tail pipe from the pump is attached.

suction pressure n. [translating German saugkraft suction force (Ursprung & Blum 1916, in Ber. d. Deutsch. bot. Ges. XXXIV. 539)] Botany the force with which a cell can imbibe water, being the difference between the pressure exerted by the cell walls on the cell contents and the osmotic pressure of the contents.

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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > pressure, growth, or sensitivity of

solubility1832

tylose1872

tension1875

tylosis1876

tonotaxis1900

suction pressure1922

1922 W. Styles in Biochem. Jrnl. 16 728 I propose for this quantity, already described as a force and a power, but which is in reality a pressure, the term ‘suction pressure’.

1958 New Biol. 25 38 Water moves from the soil to the leaves along a gradient which most European workers call a gradient of suction pressure or suction force and most Americans, a gradient of diffusion pressure deficit.

1978 Physiol. Plant Path. XIII. 275 Infection of tomato plants by Meloidogyne javanica resulted in increased suction pressure in the root system.

suction primer n. (see quots.).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > hand-priming pump

suction primer1875

society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > other parts of pumps

pump box1422

pump-staff1422

pump-tree1617

branch1659

pump rod1731

pear-gauge1753

barometer-gauge1783

bucket-door1797

head1824

balance-bob1838

suction primer1875

cup-leather1889

airline1893

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2442/2 Suction-primer, a small force-pump worked by hand and used in charging a main-pump.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 871/1 Suction Primer, a device to charge a steam pump ready for starting.

suction pump n. a pump of the type in which the barrel is placed above the level of the reservoir, and is connected therewith by a suction pipe.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > suction pump

sucking-pump1660

suction pump1825

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 635 Two or three kinds, used for domestic purposes, of which the suction and lifting pumps are the chief.

1883 Science 1 524/1 It has long been discussed whether the ventricle of the heart is not only a force-pump in systole, but also a suction-pump in diastole.

suction stop n. Phonetics any of the ‘clicks’ peculiar to certain South African languages.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > ingressive > click

cluck1790

click1803

suction stop1887

lip-click1933

1887 H. Sweet in Academy 10 Dec. 394 The suction-stops or ‘clicks’ of the South-African languages.

suction stroke n. (in an internal-combustion engine) a piston stroke in which fresh mixture is drawn into the cylinder.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > movement in

suction stroke1904

1904 R. J. Mecredy Dict. Motoring 169 The Suction Stroke... The descent of the piston naturally causes a vacuum in the combustion chamber, which at first was air and gas tight.

1933 V. L. Maleev Internal-combustion Engines v. 59 Temperature t_d of the gases in the cylinder at the end of the suction stroke is higher than the outside temperature t_a.

1941 K. Newton & W. Steeds Motor Vehicle (ed. 3) xi. 172 The displacement of the piston on the suction stroke represents potential ability for forming a vacuum in the cylinder.

suction tube n. (a) = suction pipe n. (a); (b) a tube used in an operation for cataract.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > sucker or suction pipe

sucker1611

supper1611

suction pipe1793

wind-bore1797

suction tube1863

tail-pipe1883

suction1886

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used in eye operations

cataract-needle1688

cystitome1809

cystotome1847

suction tube1863

iris-forceps1874

iris-scissors1874

strabotome1875

vectis1882

cataract-knife-

1863 E. Atkinson tr. A. Ganot Elem. Treat. Physics (1866) 131 A suction tube,..which dips into the reservoir from which water is to be raised.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 502 One, resulting from the prick of a thorn, in a man, aged 28, was extracted with the suction-tube.

suction valve n. (a) the valve at the bottom of the cylinder of a suction pump, below the piston; (b) the valve in a steam engine through which the water is drawn from the hot-well into the feed-pump (Knight, 1875).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > valves

clap1626

clack1634

clapper1769

butterfly valve1809

suction valve1831

clack-valve1850

shoe-valve1858

butterfly clack1859

trap-valve1877

1831 D. Lardner Pneumatics v. 294 Probably the most simple and the best contrivance [for an air pump] is one in which the suction valve is altogether dispensed with.

Derivatives

ˈsuctional adj. figurative rare having a power of suction; (also) of or relating to suction.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > drawing or sucking in > having power of

suctional1872

1872 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris 32 The holder of wealth..may be regarded..as a money-chest with a slit in it, not only receptant but suctional.

1921 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 597/2 The music of tinkling spoons, with occasional suctional accompaniment.

ˈsuctionist n. a person who favours a theory of suction.Apparently an isolated use.

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1707 Philos. Trans. 1706–7 (Royal Soc.) 25 2415 Several Phænomena of which, being liable to be accounted for by the Suctionists, and Funicularians, to proceed from some (unintelligible) Internal Cause.

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单词	suction
释义	suctionn. /ˈsʌkʃən/ Etymology: < Latin suctio, -ōnem, noun of action < suct- , sūgĕre to suck v. Compare French succion (Old French suction). 1. a. The action of sucking with the tongue and lips (or analogous organs). Also, an instance of this.Applied to a method of extracting soft cataract (and the instruments used) by sucking the liquid from the lens through a tube (cf. suction tube n. at Compounds 4). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > absorption or assimilation (of a substance, etc.) > [noun] > suction suction1626 suck1760 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §191 Sounds..may be made, as well by Suction, as by Emission of the Breath: as in Whistling, or Breathing. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. §2. 169 The Motions dependent on the Sensations of the Tongue..: Suction, Mastication [etc.]. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 376 The author asserts, that..all the parts [in insects] derive their aliment from simple suction. 1840 L. Hunt Seer i. x. 25/1 His [sc. a fly's] suctions of sugar. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xiii. 194 The internal digestive apparatus [of the leech] is evidently adapted..to form a capacious reservoir for the reception of fluids taken in by suction. 1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 2 When I..sent those streaky lollipops home for your fairy suction. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 615 He was unable to take sustenance, except by suction. 1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 130 Extraction of Soft Cataract by Suction... Two, three, or four days having elapsed, the second stage or suction part of the operation may be performed. b. Imbibing strong drink, drinking. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor bottle1593 potting1594 cupping1614 bubbing1665 dram-drinking1772 dramminga1790 suction1817 bibation1830 bibbery1831 poculation1837 smiling1858 nipping1880 bibulation1882 liquidation1889 1817 W. Scott Let. 11 Aug. (1933) IV. 495 A man..cannot easily spend much money in liquor since he must walk three or four miles to the place of action and back again. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxiii. 237 Wery good power o' suction, Sammy. 1913 Daily Mail 25 Apr. 5/1 ‘What was this debt for?’ asked Judge Snagge. ‘Suction, my lord,’ was the reply. †c. transferred. The craving of appetite. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] hungerc825 appetite1303 famec1515 sharpness1581 suction1615 meat-will1643 sucking1656 sharpsetness1673 esurition1678 stomach-worm1788 hunger-pain1820 yird-hunger1825 appetizement1826 yapness1828 esuriencea1834 peckishness1871 sinking feeling1890 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 169 Least the parts shoulde pine away when they are..hunger-starued, nature hath framed one part of exquisite and perfect sense, which alone fore-apprehending the suction and so the want of the rest [etc.]. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 365 A continual and unsatiable desire of eating caused, by a vehement sense of suction in the mouth of the ventricle. d. figurative. ΚΠ 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xvii. 274 They had been drawn into the great current of human life, and were swept away with it, as by the suction of fate itself. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 24 Oct. 8/1 If we had joined the movement we should have been drawn into it through suction. 2. The production of a more or less complete vacuum with the result that external atmospheric pressure forces fluid into the vacant space or causes the adhesion of surfaces. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > suction suction1658 sucking1688 1658 R. White tr. K. Digby Late Disc. Cure Wounds (1660) 53 One may remark within the..œconomy of nature, sundry sorts of attractions: as that of suction. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 129 The pressure would not be so much..unless at the time of the suction of the air. 1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. v. 212 Suction and the ascension of water in pumps. 1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 20 The external Pressure of the Atmosphere or what is vulgarly called Suction. ?1793 Catal. Optical Instruments (W. & S. Jones) 6 A model of a water pump, exemplifying the nature of pumps, and proving the absurdity of what is called suction. 1878 L. P. Meredith Teeth (ed. 2) 222 That adaptation of the plate to the mucous membrane which is necessary to keep out particles of food, or to make perfect suction. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. vi. 86 The suction had been so great as to tear the leather gaiters I wore off my legs. 3. Short for suction pipe n. at Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > sucker or suction pipe sucker1611 supper1611 suction pipe1793 wind-bore1797 suction tube1863 tail-pipe1883 suction1886 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 65 Suction, or Suction pipe, the tail pipe of a pump; that part of a pump where the water enters. 1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xi. 124 Its length is sufficient to enable it to be screwed at its other end to any of the suctions. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Suction power is the force exerted on the blood in the veins, by the active dilatation of the heart. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 145/1 Air entering veins lying within the suction-influence of the chest. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 250 The alternate compressive action of the abdominal wall and suction action of the thorax. C2. Also in various names of machines which perform their operations by suction or the creation of a vacuum. suction cleaner n. ΚΠ 1904 Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 9/3 Their fight with suction cleaners alone had cost them £3,750. suction gas engine n. ΚΠ 1906 Westm. Gaz. 2 Oct. 5/2 The householder must supply himself with a small suction gas-engine. suction hose n. ΚΠ 1888 Daily News 2 July 5/5 The Grinder and Manly tugs got to work with their suction hose. suction sweeper n. ΚΠ 1920 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 830/1 A suction-sweeper that we have examined recently runs the electric type very close indeed. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 114/1 Whirlwind Suction Sweeper. Its revolving Brush sweeps the carpet... Its powerful suction sucks the dust into the dustproof container. C3. spec. in Aeronautics, used attributively to designate various devices concerned with controlling flow conditions in the boundary layer, as suction aerofoil, suction control, suction slot, etc. ΚΠ 1933 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) vii. 58 Suction face, the side of an airscrew blade formed by the upper surfaces of its aerofoil elements. 1946 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 50 431/1 The suction aerofoil exhibits a large discontinuous fall of velocity followed by a gentle rising velocity from the position of the suction slot to the trailing edge. 1950 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 54 159/2 The suction wing principle must be associated with the flying wing layout for it to be truly advantageous. 1960 Aeroplane 99 268/2 In spite of official reluctance to admit the potentialities of suction control of the boundary layer, the enthusiasts persist in their efforts. 1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 350/1 The US..flew a modified twin-jet reconnaissance aircraft..in 1966 with suction slots which also achieved a high degree of wing laminar flow. C4. suction box n. = suction chamber n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > chamber or receptacle receiver1660 air vessel1671 recipient1672 chamber1769 suction chamber1864 air chamber1873 suction box1889 1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xi. 124 A suction-box or valve chest..is fitted beneath the pump. suction chamber n. a chamber in a pump into which the liquid is conveyed by the suction-pipe. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > chamber or receptacle receiver1660 air vessel1671 recipient1672 chamber1769 suction chamber1864 air chamber1873 suction box1889 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suction-chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. suction dredge n. Engineering a type of dredge employing a suction pump, used in the dredging of soft material from sea-beds and river bottoms. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > dredging equipment dredge1471 clam-shell1508 drag1611 steam dredge1801 dredging-machine1830 hedgehog1838 bag and spoon1840 hydrophore1842 dredger1863 gold dredge1881 gold dredger1897 suction dredge1901 bucket dredge1907 cutter-dredge1913 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Oct. 3/2 Next Monday..the first suction dredge ever operated in the western part of the Dominion will be given a trial. 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Dec. 6/3 Excavations by huge dipper and suction dredges already are under way at both ends of the canal. 1977 New Yorker 20 June 68/2 Suction dredges are portable, cheap, irresistible to a certain class of lone, adventuring miner. suction dredger n. a vessel which carries a suction dredge. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > dredger-hopper steam dredger1801 steam hopper1812 hopper-dredge1896 suction dredger1911 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 Apr. 14/5 Plans are being prepared for a new suction dredger of the type of the King Edward for use in British Columbia coast waters. 1930 Engineering 13 June 760/1 The sand backing was filled in over the bank by suction dredgers. 1974 H. R. Cooper Pract. Dredging (ed. 2) i. 10 (caption) A powerful pump, a floating platform, a pipe and disposal system…that is the simple anatomy of the Suction Dredger. suction dredging n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > [noun] > dredging > specific method bucket-dredging1898 suction dredging1965 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. vii. 69/2 These sands were washed beyond the narrow confines of the Ohinemuri River..where they were worked by suction-dredging some years ago. 1974 H. R. Cooper Pract. Dredging (ed. 2) p. x During the 12 years since the first edition of Practical Dredging was published, trailing suction dredging methods have become increasingly important. suction engine n. U.S. a hydraulic engine. ΚΠ 1830 Mass. Stat. 9 Mar. The number of enginemen shall not exceed fifty to every hydraulion or suction engine. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 168 Each of these companies is provided with Fire and Suction Engines and Hose Reel. suction fan n. (a) a fan used to increase or diminish the draught in a furnace; (b) a fan for withdrawing chaff and dirt from grain, or steam and hot air from meal, as it comes from the burrs (Knight, 1884). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > fan > other types of fan fanny1842 electric fan1868 exhaust-fan1874 suction fan1874 blast-fan1879 turbofan1911 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 400 A suction-fan wherewith to increase or diminish the draught, and to cause the effectual passage of the gases and fumes through even a compact mass of ore. suction gas n. the town gas produced by a suction plant. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > gaseous, vaporous, or vaporized oxyhydrogen1823 acetylene1860 isobutane1876 albo-carbon1878 mixture1878 producer gas1883 astatki1885 hydrazine1887 oxy-gas1900 oxyacetylene1907 suction gas1907 propane gas1930 oxy-propane1963 oxy-fuel1967 syngas1975 autogas1982 1907 Daily Mail Year Bk. 75/2 Suction-gas has been adapted to marine purposes. 1936 W. A. Bone & G. W. Himus Coal xxiv. 417 By the year 1901 ‘Suction-Gas Plants’ were established on the market. 1936 W. A. Bone & G. W. Himus Coal xxiv. 418 A typical ‘suction gas’, generated from gas-coke, with air saturated with steam at 51·7°C, contains CO₂ = 5·15, CO = 25·45, H₂ = 13·10, CH₄ = 0·30, and N₂ = 56·00 per cent. suction lift n. Mechanics the height to which a liquid can be drawn up a pipe by suction. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > suction > height to which liquid drawn by suction lift1909 1909 Hawkins' Mech. Dict. 559/2 Suction lift. 1940 F. A. Kristal & F. A. Annett Pumps ii. 103 It is a generally accepted rule that 15-ft. suction lift is a safe operating condition. 1976 C. P. Kittredge in I. J. Karassik et al. Pump Handbk. ii. 148 A positive value of h_s is called a suction head while a negative value of h_s is called a suction lift. suction pipe n. (a) the pipe leading from the bottom of a pump barrel to the reservoir from which fluid is to be drawn; (b) a pipe for the extraction of dust from tow. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > sucker or suction pipe sucker1611 supper1611 suction pipe1793 wind-bore1797 suction tube1863 tail-pipe1883 suction1886 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > other equipment riba1325 ribber?a1500 suction pipe1793 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 209 A proper length of suction pipe. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 215 Arrangements..for cleaning the tow by a blowing-machine, with dust suction-pipes. suction plant n. a form of gas producer (see producer n.) in which the blast is induced by suction. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > types of furnace by method of operation lamp-furnace1651 wind-furnace1651 reverbatory1656 blast furnace1706 revolver1879 run-out1881 flame-furnace1888 producer1890 resistance furnace1897 induction furnace1907 suction plant1909 high-frequency induction furnace1918 solar furnace1924 roller hearth furnace1927 1909 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1908 826 A suction plant costs less and occupies less ground space, but the gas made in it is not so strong as in the older form of pressure plant. 1920 H. C. Greenwood Industr. Gases iii. 344 Suction plants have an advantage in the reduction of risk of carbon monoxide poisoning owing to the prevailing negative pressure. suction-plate n. (a) a dental plate kept in position by atmospheric pressure; (b) (see quot. 1889). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > denture > plate plate1845 suction-plate1875 mouth plate1876 saddle1907 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2442/2 Suction-plate (Dental). 1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xi. 124 A deck- or suction-plate,..to the under side of which, at its centre, the tail pipe from the pump is attached. suction pressure n. [translating German saugkraft suction force (Ursprung & Blum 1916, in Ber. d. Deutsch. bot. Ges. XXXIV. 539)] Botany the force with which a cell can imbibe water, being the difference between the pressure exerted by the cell walls on the cell contents and the osmotic pressure of the contents. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > pressure, growth, or sensitivity of solubility1832 tylose1872 tension1875 tylosis1876 tonotaxis1900 suction pressure1922 1922 W. Styles in Biochem. Jrnl. 16 728 I propose for this quantity, already described as a force and a power, but which is in reality a pressure, the term ‘suction pressure’. 1958 New Biol. 25 38 Water moves from the soil to the leaves along a gradient which most European workers call a gradient of suction pressure or suction force and most Americans, a gradient of diffusion pressure deficit. 1978 Physiol. Plant Path. XIII. 275 Infection of tomato plants by Meloidogyne javanica resulted in increased suction pressure in the root system. suction primer n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > hand-priming pump suction primer1875 society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > other parts of pumps pump box1422 pump-staff1422 pump-tree1617 branch1659 pump rod1731 pear-gauge1753 barometer-gauge1783 bucket-door1797 head1824 balance-bob1838 suction primer1875 cup-leather1889 airline1893 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2442/2 Suction-primer, a small force-pump worked by hand and used in charging a main-pump. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 871/1 Suction Primer, a device to charge a steam pump ready for starting. suction pump n. a pump of the type in which the barrel is placed above the level of the reservoir, and is connected therewith by a suction pipe. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > suction pump sucking-pump1660 suction pump1825 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 635 Two or three kinds, used for domestic purposes, of which the suction and lifting pumps are the chief. 1883 Science 1 524/1 It has long been discussed whether the ventricle of the heart is not only a force-pump in systole, but also a suction-pump in diastole. suction stop n. Phonetics any of the ‘clicks’ peculiar to certain South African languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > ingressive > click cluck1790 click1803 suction stop1887 lip-click1933 1887 H. Sweet in Academy 10 Dec. 394 The suction-stops or ‘clicks’ of the South-African languages. suction stroke n. (in an internal-combustion engine) a piston stroke in which fresh mixture is drawn into the cylinder. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > movement in suction stroke1904 1904 R. J. Mecredy Dict. Motoring 169 The Suction Stroke... The descent of the piston naturally causes a vacuum in the combustion chamber, which at first was air and gas tight. 1933 V. L. Maleev Internal-combustion Engines v. 59 Temperature t_d of the gases in the cylinder at the end of the suction stroke is higher than the outside temperature t_a. 1941 K. Newton & W. Steeds Motor Vehicle (ed. 3) xi. 172 The displacement of the piston on the suction stroke represents potential ability for forming a vacuum in the cylinder. suction tube n. (a) = suction pipe n. (a); (b) a tube used in an operation for cataract. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > sucker or suction pipe sucker1611 supper1611 suction pipe1793 wind-bore1797 suction tube1863 tail-pipe1883 suction1886 the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments used in eye operations cataract-needle1688 cystitome1809 cystotome1847 suction tube1863 iris-forceps1874 iris-scissors1874 strabotome1875 vectis1882 cataract-knife- 1863 E. Atkinson tr. A. Ganot Elem. Treat. Physics (1866) 131 A suction tube,..which dips into the reservoir from which water is to be raised. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 502 One, resulting from the prick of a thorn, in a man, aged 28, was extracted with the suction-tube. suction valve n. (a) the valve at the bottom of the cylinder of a suction pump, below the piston; (b) the valve in a steam engine through which the water is drawn from the hot-well into the feed-pump (Knight, 1875). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > valves clap1626 clack1634 clapper1769 butterfly valve1809 suction valve1831 clack-valve1850 shoe-valve1858 butterfly clack1859 trap-valve1877 1831 D. Lardner Pneumatics v. 294 Probably the most simple and the best contrivance [for an air pump] is one in which the suction valve is altogether dispensed with. Derivatives ˈsuctional adj. figurative rare having a power of suction; (also) of or relating to suction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > drawing or sucking in > having power of suctional1872 1872 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris 32 The holder of wealth..may be regarded..as a money-chest with a slit in it, not only receptant but suctional. 1921 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 597/2 The music of tinkling spoons, with occasional suctional accompaniment. ˈsuctionist n. a person who favours a theory of suction.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1707 Philos. Trans. 1706–7 (Royal Soc.) 25 2415 Several Phænomena of which, being liable to be accounted for by the Suctionists, and Funicularians, to proceed from some (unintelligible) Internal Cause. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1615
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