oscillating pump-spear

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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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• Oscillating

  ·adj That oscillates; vibrating; swinging. II. Oscillating ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Oscillate>>. ...

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• Spear

  ·noun Fig.: A spearman. II. Spear ·noun A shoot, as of grass; a spire. III. Spear ·noun The feathe...

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• Spear

  [Arms, Armor] ...

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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...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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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• Oscillating current

  ·add. ·- A current alternating in direction. ...

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• spear-grass

  n. name given to several grasseswhose spear-like seeds spoil the wool of sheep, but which areyet ex...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• spear-lily

  n. See lily. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• eel-spear

  A sort of trident for catching eels. ...

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• eel-spear

  A sort of trident with ten points for catching eels, called in Lincolnshire an eel-stang. ...

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• fish-spear

  An instrument with barbed spikes. ...

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• oscillating marine-engine

  A steam-engine where the top of the piston-rod is coupled with the crank, and the piston-rod moves b...

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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...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Pump Court

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

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• purser's pump

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

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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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• 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 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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• 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....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.