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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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Chain
·noun The warp threads of a web.
II. Chain ·vt To measure with the chain.
III. Chain ·vt To unite ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chain
1) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); an...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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chain
When mountains, hills, lakes, and islands are linked together, or follow each other in succession, s...
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Chain
Chains were used,
• As badges of office;
• For ornament;
• For confining prisoners.
• the gold c...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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 ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Block chain
·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...
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Brequet chain
·- A watch-guard.
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Chain stitch
·- An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain;
— used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.
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Chain tie
·add. ·- A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.
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Chain wheel
·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...
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Crotch chain
·add. ·- A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, ·etc.
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Gunter's chain
·- The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. ·see <<Chain>>, ·noun, 4, and Gunter's scale.
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Safety chain
·add. ·- A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in ...
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Sheet chain
·- A chain sheet cable.
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Top-chain
·noun A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the rope...
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Paul's Chain
North out of Carter Lane to St. Paul's Churchyard. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S.1880).
First mention...
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golden-chain
n.
another name for the Laburnum (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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chain-bolt
A large bolt to secure the chains of the dead-eyes through the toe-link, for the purpose of securing...
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chain-cables
Are not new; Cæsar found them on the shores of the British Channel. In 1818 I saw upwards of eighty ...
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chain-hook
An iron rod with a handling-eye at one end, and a hook at the other, for hauling the chain-cables ab...
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chain-pipe
An aperture through which a chain-cable passes from the chain-well to the deck above.
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chain-plates
Plates of iron with their lower ends bolted to the ship's sides under the channels, and to these pla...
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chain-shot
Two balls connected either by a bar or chain, for cutting and destroying the spars and rigging of an...
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chain-slings
Chains attached to the sling-hoop and mast-head, by which a lower yard is hung. Used for boat or any...
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chain-stopper
There are various kinds of stoppers for chain-cables, mostly acting by clamping or compression.
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chain, top
A chain to sling the lower yards in time of battle, to prevent them from falling down when the ropes...
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chain-well
, or locker
A receptacle below deck for containing the chain-cable, which is passed thither throug...
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top-chain
A chain to sling the yards in time of battle, in case of the ropes by which they are hung being shot...
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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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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.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pump Yard
1) South-west out of Gravel Lane, not far from the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward Without. In Portsoke...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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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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Side-chain theory
·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...
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chain-cable compressor
A curved arm of iron which revolves on a bolt through an eye at one end, at the other is a larger ey...
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chain-cable controller
A contrivance for the prevention of one part of the chain riding on another while heaving in.
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chain-cable shackles
Used for coupling the parts of a chain-cable at various lengths, so that they may be disconnected wh...
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short-linked chain
A cable without studs, and therefore with shorter links than those of stud-chains; such are slings a...
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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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midshipman's watch and chain
A sheep's heart and pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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watch, chain, and seals
A sheep's head And pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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testing a chain-cable
Trying its strength by the hydraulic machine, which strains it beyond what it is likely to undergo w...
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate
See Gould Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Pump Court, Moor Lane
See Pump Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.
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fore-ganger of the chain bower cables
Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...
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