- A soft touch - New shoot - One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other
bodies. - A suckling; a sucking animal. - The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
pump basket. - A pipe through which anything is drawn. - A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed
upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason
of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a
considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by
children as a plaything.