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pintle Definition


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pintle
noun
    1. A bolt or pin, especially one which is turned by something.
    2. The plunger or needle of the injection valve of an oil engine, opened by oil pressure on an annular face, and closed by a spring.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon pintel in original and dialect sense ‘penis'.



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