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Webster 1913 Edition
Pump
Pump
(pŭmp)
, Noun.
[Probably so called as being worn for
pomp
or ornament. See Pomp
.] A low shoe with a thin sole.
Swift.
Pump
,Noun.
[Akin to D.
pomp
, G. pumpe
, F. pompe
; of unknown origin.] 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.
☞ for various kinds of pumps, see
Air pump
, Chain pump
, and Force pump
; also, under Lifting
, Plunger
, Rotary
, etc. Circulating pump
(Steam Engine)
, 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.
Totten.
– 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.
[Eng.]
– Pump spear
. Same as
– Pump rod
, above. Pump stock
, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.
– Pump well
. (Naut.)
See
Well
.Pump
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pumped
(pŭmt; 215)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
pumping
.] 1.
To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
2.
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.3.
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.
Pump
,Verb.
I.
To work, or raise water, a pump.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pump
PUMP
,Noun.
1.
A hydraulic engine for raising water, by exhausting the incumbent air of a tube or pipe, in consequence of which the water rises in the tube by means of the pressure of the air on the surrounding water. There is however a forcing pump in which the water is raised in the tube by a force applied to a lateral tube, near the bottom of the pump.2.
A shoe with a thin sole.PUMP
,Verb.
I.
PUMP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To draw out by artful interrogatories; as, to pump put secrets.2.
To examine by artful questions for the purpose of drawing out secrets. But pump not me for politics.
Chain-pump, is a chain equipped with a sufficient number of valves at proper distances, which working on two wheels, passes down through one tube and returns through another.