sump pump

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noun

a pump for removing liquid or wastes from a sump.

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Origin of sump pump

First recorded in 1895–1900

If the power goes out during a storm or other disaster, use the Champion gas generator to run refrigerators, freezers, sump pumps, and just about any other major appliance.
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Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.
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Those vapors condense into a liquid later in the process and that “condensate” is collected in a storage area, called a sump.
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Then they install sump pumps to remove remnant toxic waters.
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Some are homes and some are pump houses, and you can only tell the difference when you see human silhouettes scurry on rooftops.
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Two feet from the sawed-off stump of a third willow is the small foot-pump carousel Ray was sitting on when he shot himself.
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The formula would be: “The pump invented—Drain a well ,” or Water raised in a hollow.
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At Wheal Alfred they have a 64-inch cylinder; the air-pump is 20 inches, and the stroke is half that of the engine.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
I observe that you have ordered the pump, and from the description you give of it, I think it will answer very well.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
It was placed immediately over the shaft and pump-rods, requiring no engine-beam.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
A feed-pump forced water into the boilers; each had a safety-valve with a lever and weight.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick