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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A low shoe with a thin sole. Swift.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.

2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.

3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc. But pump not me for politics. Otway.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To work, or raise water, a pump.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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