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Chapelet :: Chapelet (n.) A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine..

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

Elatrometer :: Elatrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.

Pumping :: Pumping () a. & n. from pump.

Force Pump :: Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger..

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..

Pumpkin :: Pumpkin (n.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion..

Forcer :: Forcer (n.) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.

Pumpernickel :: Pumpernickel (n.) A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing..

Plunger :: Plunger (n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps..

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..

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

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

Piston :: Piston (n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes..

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

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

Forcer :: Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc..

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..

Penstock :: Penstock (n.) The barrel of a wooden pump.

Hoggerpipe :: Hoggerpipe (n.) The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump.

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