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   rocker arm
         n 1: a lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a
               valve down in an internal-combustion engine [syn: {rocker
               arm}, {valve rocker}]

English Dictionary: rocker arm by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reassurer \Re`as*sur"er\, n.
      One who reassures.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Requirer \Re*quir"er\ (-kw?r"?r), n.
      One who requires.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rocker \Rock"er\, n.
      1. One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
  
                     It was I, sir, said the rocker, who had the honor,
                     some thirty years since, to attend on your highness
                     in your infancy.                                 --Fuller.
  
      2. One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a
            cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
  
      3. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as
            a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from
            gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
  
      4. A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
  
      5. A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
  
      6. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape
            the rocker of a cradle.
  
      7. (Mach.) Same as {Rock shaft}.
  
      {Rocker arm} (Mach.), an arm borne by a rock shaft.
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