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Pompion :: Pompion (n.) See Pumpion.

Straining :: Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..

Pump :: Pump (v. i.) To work, or raise water, a pump..

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..

Air Chamber :: Air chamber () A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.

Pump :: Pump (n.) A low shoe with a thin sole.

Double-acting :: Double-acting (a.) Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump..

Pumpion :: Pumpion (n.) See Pumpkin.

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers..

Pump :: Pump (v. t.) 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..

Cofferdam :: Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc..

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

Sludger :: Sludger (n.) A bucket for removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump.

Pumped :: Pumped (imp. & p. p.) of Pum.

Dale :: Dale (n.) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump..

Cage :: Cage (n.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes..

Standpipe :: Standpipe (n.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance..

Hogger-pump :: Hogger-pump (n.) The for pump in the pit.

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

Partner :: Partner (n.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like..

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