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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DASHPOT

DASHPOT Dash "pot `, n. (Mach. )

Defn: A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.

Note: 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.

Note: A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot.

New American Oxford Dictionary

dashpot

dash pot |ˈdaSHˌpät ˈdæʃˌpɑt | ▶noun a device for damping shock or vibration.

Oxford Dictionary

dashpot

dash |pot |ˈdaʃpɒt | ▶noun a device for damping shock or vibration.