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n. (Mach.) a mechanical damping device containing a piston that moves in a fluid-filled chamber to serve as a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ It consists of a chamber, containing air or a liquid, in which a piston (a), attached to the weight, falls freely until it enters a space (as below the openings, b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly (as through cock c), when its fall is gradually checked. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a freshwater pond with fish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. Ex. xvi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. hence, pl. plenty; high living. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Places providing opportunity to indulge in amusements or pleasures without moral restraints. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ F. hochepot, fr. hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch, D. hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See Hustle, and Pot, and cf. Hodgepodge. ] 1. A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given. Bouvier. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story. It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch law. See Collation. Bouvier. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body. [ 1913 Webster ]