hand pump
(hand pump)
Princeton's WordNet
a pump worked by hand
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grease gun
(ˈgreɪ zɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hand-operated pump for greasing bearings under pressure.
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inflater
(inflater, inflator)
Princeton's WordNet
an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire)
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inflator
(inflater, inflator)
Princeton's WordNet
an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire)
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stirrup pump
(stirrup pump)
Princeton's WordNet
a hand-operated reciprocating pump; used in fighting fires
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force pump
Webster Dictionary
a pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger
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grease-gun
(grease-gun, gun)
Princeton's WordNet
a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine
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gun
(grease-gun, gun)
Princeton's WordNet
a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine
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forcer
Webster Dictionary
a small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc
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mould
Webster Dictionary
a frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand
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forcer
Webster Dictionary
the solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump
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receiver
Webster Dictionary
the glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump
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pump
(ʌmp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to force or inject like a pump or as if by using a pump:
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sucker
Webster Dictionary
the embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket
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spear
Webster Dictionary
the rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod
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force pump
Webster Dictionary
a pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston
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medley
Webster Dictionary
the confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a melee
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syringe
Webster Dictionary
a kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc
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pump
Webster Dictionary
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
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air pump
Webster Dictionary
a kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space
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reach
Webster Dictionary
hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book
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smite
Webster Dictionary
to strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone
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hand
Webster Dictionary
an agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking
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pass
Webster Dictionary
to cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand
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text-hand
Webster Dictionary
a large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand
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hand
Webster Dictionary
agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new
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sweep hand
(sweep hand, sweep-second)
Princeton's WordNet
a second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes
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sweep-second
(sweep hand, sweep-second)
Princeton's WordNet
a second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes
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tabor pipe
(tabor pipe)
Princeton's WordNet
a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor
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pump
(ʌmp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pump up,
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