1. A hydraulic engine for raising water, by exhausting the incumbent air of a tube or pipe, in consequence of which the water rises in the tube by means of the pressure of the air on the surrounding water. There is however a forcing pump in which the water is raised in the tube by a force applied to a lateral tube, near the bottom of the pump.
2. A shoe with a thin sole.
PUMP, v.i. To work a pump; to raise water with a pump.
PUMP, v.t. To raise with a pump; as, to pump water.
1. To draw out by artful interrogatories; as, to pump put secrets.
2. To examine by artful questions for the purpose of drawing out secrets.
but pump not me for politics.
Chain-pump, is a chain equipped with a sufficient number of valves at proper distances, which working on two wheels, passes down through one tube and returns through another.
PUMP'-BOLTS, n. Two pieces of iron, one used to fasten the pump-spear to the brake, the other as a fulcrum for the brake to work upon.
PUMP'-BRAKE, n. The arm or handle of a pump.
PUMP'-DALE, n. A long wooden tube, used to convey the water from a chain-pump across the ship and through the side.
