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Plunge battery
(gcide) | Plunge \Plunge\, n.
1. The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap,
rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the
water with a plunge.
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2. Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being
submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. [R.]
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She was brought to that plunge, to conceal her
husband's murder or accuse her son. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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And with thou not reach out a friendly arm,
To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows?
--Addison.
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3. The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or
violently forward, like an unruly horse.
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4. Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous
speculation. [Cant]
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Plunge bath, an immersion by plunging; also, a large bath
in which the bather can wholly immerse himself.
Plunge battery, or plunging battery (Elec.), a voltaic
battery so arranged that the plates can be plunged into,
or withdrawn from, the exciting liquid at pleasure.
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