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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A pump for drawing up a liquid by means of suction produced by a piston drawn through a cylinder.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun As a piece of chemical apparatus, same as filter-pump.
  • noun A pump having a barrel placed above the level of the water to be drawn, a suction-pipe extending from the barrel down into the water to be raised, an inlet-valve opening inward or toward the piston, and an outlet-valve in the piston.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a pump for raising fluids by suction

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