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Pump \Pump\, v. i.
To work, or raise water, a pump.
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Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[u^]mt; 215); p. pr.
& vb. n. {pumping}.]
1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
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2. 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.
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3. 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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But pump not me for politics. --Otway.
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Pump \Pump\ (p[u^]mp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for
pomp or ornament. See {Pomp}.]
A low shoe with a thin sole. --Swift.
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Pump \Pump\, n. [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown
origin.]
An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or
transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece
or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with
valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid
as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the
piston.
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Note: for various kinds of pumps, see {Air pump}, {Chain
pump}, and {Force pump}; also, under {Lifting},
{Plunger}, {Rotary}, etc.
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{Circulating pump} (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the
condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a
surface condenser.

{Pump brake}. See {Pump handle}, below.

{Pump dale}. See {Dale}.

{Pump gear}, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten.

{Pump handle}, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is
given to the bucket of a pump.

{Pump hood}, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper
wheel of a chain pump.

{Pump rod}, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is
fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle;
the piston rod.

{Pump room}, a place or room at a mineral spring where the
waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.]

{Pump spear}. Same as {Pump rod}, above.

{Pump stock}, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.


{Pump well}. (Naut.) See {Well}.
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