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A low shoe with a thin sole. |
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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. |
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To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. |
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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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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. |
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To work, or raise water, a pump. |
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