01 n. A low shoe with a thin sole.
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A low shoe with a thin sole.
Entry
6 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Pump
/(pŭmp)/
· IPA /pʌmp/
02 n. An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working…
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An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.
Phrases & compounds
Circulating pump —
a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser.
Pump brake —
See Pump handle, below.
Pump dale —
See Dale.
Pump gear —
the apparatus belonging to a pump.
Pump handle —
the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump.
Pump hood —
a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump.
Pump rod —
the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod.
Pump room —
a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk.
Pump spear —
Same as Pump rod, above.
Pump stock —
the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.
Pump well —
See Well.
03 v. t. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
imp. & p. p.
Pumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
pumping
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To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
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To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.
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Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.“But pump not me for politics.” — Otway.
04 v. i. To work, or raise water, a pump.
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To work, or raise water, a pump.