Pumped: alternatives and connections

A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.

A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reser…

A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.

A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pu…

A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lift…

A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.

The valved piston of a lifting pump.

A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. Th…

An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.

A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.

inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues

inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions

The barrel of an air or other pump.

A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.

Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.

Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.