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Burr
·noun A triangular chisel. II. Burr ·noun A small circular saw. III. Burr ·noun The lobe or lap of...

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burr
A hanger on, or dependant; an allusion to the field burrs, which are not easily got rid of. Also the...

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burr
the sweetbread. Derb. ...

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burr
The iris or hazy circle which appears round the moon before rain. Also, a Manx or Gaelic term for ...

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Pump
·noun A low shoe with a thin sole. II. Pump ·vi To work, or raise water, a pump. III. Pump ·vt To ...

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pump
A thin shoe. To pump; to endeavour to draw a secret from any one without his perceiving it. Your pum...

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pump
A well-known machine used for drawing water from the sea, or discharging it from the ship's pump-wel...

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Burr millstone
·- ·see <<Buhrstone>>. ...

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Burr Street
South-west out of Nightingale Lane to Lower East Smithfield at No 25 (P.O. Directory). Earliest men...

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burr-stone
A species of silex or quartz occurring in morphous masses, partly compact, but containing many irreg...

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Air pump
·- A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and a...

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Chain pump
·- A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dip...

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Force pump
·- A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the...

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Hogger-pump
·noun The for pump in the pit. ...

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Sprengel pump
·- A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow t...

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Aldgate Pump
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site. There was a well called " Alegate well...

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Pump Court
1) On the north side of Skinner Street at No.62 Snow Hill (Lockie, iS16). Removed for the formation ...

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Pump Yard
1) South-west out of Gravel Lane, not far from the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward Without. In Portsoke...

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pump water
He was christened in pump water; commonly said of a person that has a red face. ...

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purser's pump
A bassoon: from its likeness to a syphon, called a purser's pump. ...

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air-pump
An apparatus to remove the water and gases accumulating in the condenser while the engine is at work...

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bilge-pump
A small pump used for carrying off the water which may lodge about the lee-bilge, so as not to be un...

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chain-pump
This is composed of two long metal tubes let down through the decks somewhat apart from each other, ...

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dutch pump
A punishment so contrived that, if the prisoner would not pump hard, he was drowned. ...

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feed-pump
The contrivance by which the boilers of a steamer are supplied with water from the hot-well, while t...

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forcing-pump
Any pump used to force water beyond that force demanded to deliver at its level, as fire-engines, &c...

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hand-pump
The common movable pump for obtaining fresh water, &c., from tanks or casks. ...

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head-pump
A small pump fixed at the vessel's bow, its lower end communicating with the sea: it is mostly used ...

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monkey-pump
Straws or quills for sucking the liquid from a cask, through a gimlet-hole made for the purpose a pr...

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pump-barrel
The wooden tube which forms the body of the machine, and wherein the piston moves. ...

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pump-bolts
Saucer-headed bolts to attach the brake to the pump-standard and pump-spear. ...

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pump-brake
The handle or lever of the old and simplest form of pump. ...

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pump-carlines
The framing or partners on the upper deck, between which the pumps pass into the wells. ...

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pump-chains
The chains to which the discs, &c., are attached in the chain-pump. ...

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pump-cisterns
Are used to prevent chips and other matters getting to, and fouling the action of, the chain-pumps. ...

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pump-coat
A piece of stout canvas nailed to the pump-partners where it enters the upper deck, and lashed to th...

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pump-dales
Pipes or long wooden spouts extending from the chain-pumps across the ship, and through each side, s...

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pump-foot
The lower part, or well-end, of a pump. ...

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pump-gear
A term implying any materials requisite for fitting or repairing the pumps, as boxes, leather, &c. ...

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pump-hook
An iron rod with an eye and a hook, used for drawing out the lower pump-box when requisite. ...

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pump ship!
The order to the crew to work the pumps to clear the hold of water. ...

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pump-spear
The rod of iron to which the upper box is attached and to the upper end of which the brake is pinned...

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pump sucks
The pump sucks is said when, all the water being drawn out of the well, and air admitted, there come...

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pump-tacks
Small iron or copper tacks, used for nailing the leather on the pump-boxes. ...

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Pump Court, Alley
Near Whitecross Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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fetching the pump
Pouring water into the upper part in order to expel the air contained between the lower box and that...

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oscillating pump-spear
A contrivance by which the pumps of a large vessel are worked, connected with a crank-shaft and fly-...

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Pump in Lime Street
Set up in 1576 partly at the charges of the parish of St. Andrew) partly at the charges of the Chamb...

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Pump Yard, Townsend Lane
See Pump Court. ...

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barrel of a pump
The wooden tube which forms the body of the engine. ...

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ears of a pump
The support of the bolt for the handle or break. ...

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hood of a pump
A frame covering the upper wheel of a chain-pump. ...

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New Pump Court, Moor Lane
See Pump Court. ...

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Pump in Bishopsgate Ward Within
" A pump where sometimes was a fayre wel with two buckets by the east end of St. Martin Outwich" (S....

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