pump well

Shipwright : A compartment extending from the ship's bottom to the lower or the upper deck, as the case may be, to contain the pump-stocks, . pump (2), *pumpe, s . [Fr. pompe pomp (q. v.); so called because worn for pomp or ornament by with a single unwelted sole, and without a heel; persons in full dre .] A light shoe, or slipper, chiefly worn by dancers. They were formerly ornamented with ribbons formed into the shape of flowers. pump, v. t. & i. [PUMP (1), s.] A. Transitive: IMG:content-1734.png:[blocks in formation] II. Figuratively : *1. To draw something out from; to extract, win, or obtain something from. "I'll in to pump my dad, and fetch thee more." Randolph: Muse's Looking - gla , ii. 4. 2. To elicit or draw out by artful interrogations. 3. To question or examine artfully for the purpose of eliciting a secret or information. Pickwick, ch. xvi. "Undergoing the proce of being pumped." -Dickens: 4. To exhaust of breath; to wind. B. In trans.: To raise water with a pump; to work a pump. pump-ēr, s. [Eng. pump, v.; -er.] One who or that which pumps. "The pumper began to draw out air."- Boyle : Works, 1. 26. pür-për-nic-kel, s . [Ger.] A species of coarse bread, made from unbolted rye, which forms the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is slightly acid, but very nourishing.