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Webster 1913 Edition

Tromp

Tromp

,
Noun.
[F.
trombe
,
trompe
, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf.
Trump
a trumpet.]
A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace.
[Written also
trompe
, and
trombe
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Tromp

TROMP

,
Noun.
[See Trumpet.] A blowing machine formed of a hollow tree, used in furnaces.

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