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ˈwater-pump
A pump for raising water.
1530Palsgr. 287/1 Water pompe, aquaticque. 1824R. Stuart Hist. Steam Engine 115 The air-pump barrel is attached to this vessel by the pipe s,..the piston is similar to those usually employed in water-pumps. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 316 Under this last method, the water-pump is understood to be in constant action. 1878Abney Photogr. (1881) 107 The mixed solutions should be filtered, but in this operation great difficulty is often found. The most ready method of effecting it is by the aid of a Bunsen water-pump.
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1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxiv, ‘Thank you, Dobbin,’ he said, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles... The water-pumps were at work again.
So ˈwater-ˌpumper, ˈwater-ˌpumping.
1723J. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Gt. Brit. (ed. 26) II. [588] Tower of London..Water-Pumper, Per Diem, 0 0 7. 1909Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 5/2 They have also fitted a water-pumping engine in the Turkish Houses of Parliament. |