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Go-devil   Listen
noun
Go-devil  n.  (Mach.)
(a)
A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered.
(b)
A device, as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions.
(c)
A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, etc. (Local, U. S.)






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"Go-devil" Quotes from Famous Books



... six or eight inches or more in diameter. In using them one difficulty was found which has been overcome in an ingenious fashion. Sometimes they become choked by the impurities of the oil and the flow is lessened. Then a "go-devil" is put into them. This is shaped like a cartridge, is about three feet in length, composed of springs and plates of iron and so flexible that it can turn around a corner. It is so made that as it slips down the current of oil, it whirls around and in so doing its nose of ...
— Diggers in the Earth • Eva March Tappan



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