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Pull.

1. The lever of a beer-engine or counter-pump. It is vertical when at rest, and is pulled down to actuate the piston in the pump-cylinder.

Pull.

a shows a quadrantpull; being pulled to the right, the are-shaped piece travels in its guide, lifting the pump-rod and ejecting the beer at the faucet.

b is a sphere-pull, the ball rolling in its socket as the lever is drawn over to the right.

2. The knob and stem of a door-bell or doorgong.

3. A catch or lip upon a drawer or door by which it is pulled open.

4. (Printing.) a. The space on the form which was impressed by the platen, in the old style of printing-press, where two impressions were sometimes required for a large form.

b. A single impression.

1877.

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