Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pump worked by hand.
- noun Formerly, in locomotive engines, a pump placed at the side of the firebox, worked by a hand-lever when the engine stood with steam up. This pump has been superseded by injectors, etc., driven by the machinery of the locomotive.
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Examples
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Nearby stood a brawny attendant, who operated a hand-pump that made the contraption turn around.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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Nearby stood a brawny attendant, who operated a hand-pump that made the contraption turn around.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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Nearby stood a brawny attendant, who operated a hand-pump that made the contraption turn around.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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Nearby stood a brawny attendant, who operated a hand-pump that made the contraption turn around.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The hand-pump splitter is a cute little machine that uses a standard hydraulic car or truck jack to split wood.
Ask the Builder: Tips on cutting, splitting, storing next winter's firewood 2010
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So, there are two types of Cask serving methods, which we'll talk about in more detail later: gravity system (where the barrel is tipped up and the beer is poured out of a tap physically located on the keg) and a hand-pump (which works a bit like an old water pump would).
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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So, there are two types of Cask serving methods, which we'll talk about in more detail later: gravity system (where the barrel is tipped up and the beer is poured out of a tap physically located on the keg) and a hand-pump (which works a bit like an old water pump would).
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We bought a tire patch kit, a spare inner-tube, and an inexpensive hand-pump.
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When the engine was stopped, we found it was sufficient to take a ten minutes 'turn at the hand-pump every morning; that was all the "leaking" amounted to.
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We bought a tire patch kit, a spare inner-tube, and an inexpensive hand-pump.
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