Definition of Putons

1. puton [n] - See also: puton

Lexicographical Neighbors of Putons

puteals
puteli
putelis
puters
putid
putlock
putlocks
putlog
putlogs
putoff
putoffs
putois
puton
putonghua
putonghuas
putons (current term)
putoranite
putour
putours
putout
putouts
putredinous
putrefacient
putrefaction
putrefactions
putrefactive
putrefactiveness
putrefiable
putrefied
putrefier

Literary usage of Putons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... notwithstanding its crushing superiority it ^щ, pUtons. had a lively struggle 11 sustain, and it is only within the last thirt/ year» that the system of ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"The pUtons are connected to crank-pins projecting from the face of this fly-wheel, and trie cylinders revolve round one centre, while the pistons revolve ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Generally each cylinder has two putons kept close together by springs; the compressed air enters between them, forcing them apart, and so working the ..."

4. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"I has three pistons, two valve-abutments, and two Induction and eduction ports respectively. m has three pUtons on one shaft, set at angles of 120°. ..."

5. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1849)
"Single Cock.—Two-way Cock.—Four-way Cock.—putons.—Common hemp packed Piéton—Woolf'• Futon.—Metallic Pistons. ..."

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