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Definition of pump
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pump is as below...
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..
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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.)
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..
Sucker
::
Sucker
(n.) The
embolus,
or
bucket,
of a pump; also, the valve of a pump
basket..
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..
Hogger-pump
::
Hogger-pump
(n.) The for pump in the pit.
Carcel Lamp
::
Carcel
lamp () A
French
mechanical
lamp, for
lighthouses,
in which a
superabundance
of oil is
pumped
to the wick tube by
clockwork..
Waterwork
::
Waterwork
(n.) An
hydraulic
apparatus,
or a
system
of works or
fixtures,
by which a
supply
of water is
furnished
for
useful
or
ornamental
purposes,
including
dams,
sluices,
pumps,
aqueducts,
distributing
pipes,
fountains,
etc.; -- used
chiefly
in the
plural..
Chapelet
::
Chapelet
(n.) A kind of chain pump, or
dredging
machine..
Pump
::
Pump (v. i.) To work, or raise
water,
a
pump..
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..
Pumping
::
pumping
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pum.
Sunfish
::
Sunfish
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
perch-like
North
American
fresh-water
fishes
of the
family
Centrachidae.
They have a
broad,
compressed
body, and
strong
dorsal
spines.
Among the
common
species
of the
Eastern
United
States
are
Lepomis
gibbosus
(called
also
bream,
pondfish,
pumpkin
seed, and
sunny),
the blue
sunfish,
or
dollardee
(L.
pallidus),
and the
long-eared
sunfish
(L.
auritus).
Several
of the
species
are
called
also
pondfish..
Embolus
::
Embolus
(n.)
Something
inserted,
as a
wedge;
the
piston
or
sucker
of a pump or
syringe..
Stroke
::
Stroke
(v. t.) The
movement,
in
either
direction,
of the
piston
plunger,
piston
rod,
crosshead,
etc., as of a steam
engine
or a pump, in which these parts have a
reciprocating
motion;
as, the
forward
stroke
of a
piston;
also, the
entire
distance
passed
through,
as by a
piston,
in such a
movement;
as, the
piston
is at half
stroke..
Pumping
::
Pumping
() a. & n. from pump.
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..
Scaphognathite
::
Scaphognathite
(n.) A thin
leafike
appendage
(the
exopodite)
of the
second
maxilla
of
decapod
crustaceans.
It
serves
as a
pumping
organ to draw the water
through
the gill
cavity.
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..
Windbore
::
Windbore
(n.) The
lower,
or
bottom,
pipe in a lift of pumps in a
mine..
Manometer
::
Manometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
tension
or
elastic
force of
gases,
steam,
etc.,
constructed
usually
on the
principle
of
allowing
the gas to exert its
elastic
force in
raising
a
column
of
mercury
in an open tube, or in
compressing
a
portion
of air or other gas in a
closed
tube with
mercury
or other
liquid
intervening,
or in
bending
a
metallic
or other
spring
so as to set in
motion
an
index;
a
pressure
gauge.
See
Pressure,
and
Illust.
of Air
pump..
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