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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Pump \Pump\, v. i. To work, or raise water, a pump. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Pump \Pump\ (p[u^]mp), n. [Probably so called as being worn for pomp or ornament. See Pomp.] A low shoe with a thin sole. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Pump \Pump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pumped (p[u^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. pumping.] 1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. [1913 Webster]

    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. [1913 Webster]

    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. [1913 Webster]

    But pump not me for politics. --Otway. [1913 Webster]

  4.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Pump \Pump\, n. [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown origin.] 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. [1913 Webster]

    Note: for various kinds of pumps, see Air pump, Chain pump, and Force pump; also, under Lifting, Plunger, Rotary, etc. [1913 Webster]

    Circulating pump (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser.

    Pump brake. See Pump handle, below.

    Pump dale. See Dale.

    Pump gear, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten.

    Pump handle, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump.

    Pump hood, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump.

    Pump rod, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod.

    Pump room, a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.]

    Pump spear. Same as Pump rod, above.

    Pump stock, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.

    Pump well. (Naut.) See Well. [1913 Webster]