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Dashboard – Duggler

Dashboard

The partition between the engine plant and the front seats.

Dead Centre

- That position of the crank in relation to the piston, when an explosion on the latter cannot cause a movement of the crank.

Deposit in the cylinders is caused by the coagulation and carbonising (due to the heat of the explosions) of lubricating oil, dirt, and petrol in the combustion chamber.

Differential

A balancing, or automatically compensating device, explained at length in text.

AUTOMOBILES]

Distributor

- In the electrical circuit.

Serves the purpose of directing when, and in which cylinder (of a multi-cylinder engine), the spark may occur.

Dead Ball

A ball delivered by the pitcher which, when it has not been struck at, touches any part of the batsman's person or clothing, or any part of the umpire's person or clothing, while on foul ground, without first passing the catcher.

Diamond

The ground is so called on account of its shape.

Double Play

-A play in which the ball is handled quickly enough to retire two men.

Directors

The captains of sides; also called Drivers and Skips.

Ditchers

Bowls that at the first cast, or in the subsequent play, are driven off the green.

Drawing

Playing slowly up to an unobstructed jack, so as to rest close by it. In Scotland, placing a bowl a little beyond jack in the direction in which it is expected to be driven.

Drivers

The last players of side, and usually the captains. [See DIRECTORS.]

Duggler

A bowl at rest touching the jack.