ˈforcing-pump
= force-pump 1, 2.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Pump, The forcing Pump which..raises water to any height at pleasure. 1800 Vince Hydrostat. viii. (1806) 90 Some kinds of forcing pumps act by condensed air. 1838 Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 322/1 A substitute for the Forcing-pump in supplying Steam Boilers. 1842 H. Rogers Ess. I. i. 26 His mind was a fountain, not a forcing-pump. |