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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JERK-PIKE, n.comb. ? The pump-rod of the pumping-engine of a coal-mine.Ayr. 1828 D. Wood Poems 89:
The piston in the pit play'd plash, The jerk-pike it gaed a' to swash, At level mouth.

[So called from its motion.]

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