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Embolus :: Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe..

Limber :: Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.

Box :: Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

Rose :: Rose (n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump..

Single-acting :: Single-acting (a.) Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc..

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..

Gourd :: Gourd (n.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes..

Pepo :: Pepo (n.) Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See Gourd..

Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..

Vine :: Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants..

Gasket :: Gasket (n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Windbore :: Windbore (n.) The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine..

Pumping :: pumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pum.

Pie :: Pie (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie..

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump..

Pompion :: Pompion (n.) See Pumpion.

Pumper :: Pumper (n.) One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping.

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