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Pump
·noun A low shoe with a thin sole.
II. Pump ·vi To work, or raise water, a pump.
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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Hand
·noun Rate; price.
II. Hand ·vi To <<Cooperate>>.
III. Hand ·noun A bundle of tobacco leaves tied ...
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Hand
Called by Galen "the instrument of instruments." It is the symbol of human action (Ps. 9:16; Job 9:3...
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hand
A sailor. We lost a hand; we lost a sailor. Bear a hand; make haste. Hand to fist; opposite: the sam...
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hand
A phrase often used for the word man, as, "a hand to the lead," "clap more hands on," &c.
♦ To han...
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hand-over-hand
Hauling rapidly upon any rope, by the men passing their hands alternately one before the other, or o...
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hand-under-hand
Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent.
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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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burr-pump
A name of the bilge-pump.
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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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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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Black Hand
·add. ·- A lawless or blackmailing secret society, ·esp. among Italians.
II. Black Hand ·add. ·- A ...
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Bloody hand
·- A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the Un...
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Bow hand
·- The hand that holds the bow, ·i.e., the left hand.
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First-hand
·adj Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an <<Ag...
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Free-hand
·adj Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. ·see ...
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Hand flus
·pl of <<Handful>>.
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Hand staves
·pl of <<Hand>>.
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Hand-hole
·noun A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, ·etc.
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Hand-tight
·adj As tight as can be made by the hand.
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Hand-winged
·adj Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones;
— said of ba...
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Hand-work
·noun ·see <<Handiwork>>.
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Left-hand
·adj Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-han...
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One-hand
·adj Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. ·see <<Dactylology>>.
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Red-hand
(·adj / ·adv) ·Alt. of Red-handed.
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Right-hand
·adj Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
II. Right-hand ·adj Situated or being on the right; n...
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Text hand
·add. ·- A large hand in writing;
— so called because it was the practice to write the text of a bo...
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Text-hand
·noun A large hand in writing;
— so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book ...
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Two-hand
·adj Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. ·see <<Dactylology>>.
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Left hand
Among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9; Gen. 14:15), the face of the person being supposed t...
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Hand Alley
1) On Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) Sou...
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Hand Court
1) West out of Philip Lane in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Also called : "...
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old hand
Knowing or expert in any business.
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spoon hand
The right hand.
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hand-fish
n.
a Tasmanian fish, Brachionichthys hirsutus, Lacep., family Pediculati. The name is used in the n...
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hand, old
n.
one who has been a convict.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 141:
«The men who hav...
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iron hand
a term of Victorian politics. It was a new Standing Order introducing what has since been called the...
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on hand
At hand; present. A colloquial expression in frequent use.
The Anti-Sabbath meeting, so long talked...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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car-hand
the left hand. N.
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gaulish-hand
the left hand. N.
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nigh-hand
hard by. North.
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hand-grenade
A small shell for throwing by hand. (See grenade.)
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hand-gun
An old term for small arms in the times of Henry VII. and VIII.
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hand-lead
A small lead used in the channels, or chains, when approaching land, and for sounding in rivers or h...
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hand-line
A line bent to the hand-lead, measured at certain intervals with what are called marks and deeps fro...
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hand-saw
The smallest of the saws used by shipwrights, and used by one hand.
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hand-screw
A handy kind of single jack-screw.
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hand-tight
A rope hauled as taut as it can be by hand only.
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old hand
A knowing and expert person.
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second-hand
A term in fishing-boats to distinguish the second in charge.
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taut hand
A strict disciplinarian.
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Hand in Hand Fire Office
At No. 1 Bridge Street, Blackfriars, on the east side (Elmes, 1831).
Est. 1696 in Angel Court, Snow...
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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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Four-in-hand
·noun A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
II. Four-in...
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Double Hand Court
See Double Hood Court.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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Hand Alley, Bishopsgate
See New Street9, Bishopsgate.
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Hand Alley, Houndsditch
South-west out of Houndsditch, near the northern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed...
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hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to bear a hand
A seaman's phrase. To be ready ; to go to work; to assist.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stand in hand
To concern; to behoove.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. '...
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hand and glove
Intimate, familiar; i. e. as closely united as a hand and its glove. 'They are hand and glove togeth...
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hand to mouth
'To live from hand to mouth,' is said of a person who spends his money as fast as he gets it, who ea...
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hand mast-piece
The smaller hand mast-spars.
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hand mast-spar
A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter.
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lend a hand
A request to another to help.
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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
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washing the hand
A common hint on leaving a ship disliked.
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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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Hand Alley, Philip Lane
See Hand Court.
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Hand and Crown Alley
North out of Holborn, opposite Holborn Bridge, between King's Arms Inn and Swan Inn, in Farringdon W...
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Hand and Crown Court
1) North-east out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27-Boyle, 1799).
Remo...
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Hand and Pen Alley
On Great Tower Hill, within the Tower precincts (P.C. 1732-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the map...
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Hand and Pen Court
1) South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now o...
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Stable Yard, Hand Alley
South out of Hand Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Demolished towards the end of ...
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hand and pocket shop
An eating house, where ready money is paid for what is called for.
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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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Bird and Hand Alley, Court
In Cheapside (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
"Bird in Hand Alley" in Boyle.
See Bird in Hand Alley, Court...
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Bird in Hand Alley, Court
South out of Cheapside at No.76 (P.O. Directory). West of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward.
First mentio...
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Hand Yard, Chequer Yard, Dowgate
See Hand Court2.
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fresh hand at the bellows
Said when a gale freshens suddenly.
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Hand and Hatchet Alley, Tower Hill
See Hatchet Alley.
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