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单词 rag pump
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rag pumpn.

Brit. /ˈraɡ pʌmp/, U.S. /ˈræɡ ˌpəmp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rag n.3, pump n.1
Etymology: < rag n.3 + pump n.1
Mining. Now historical.
A chain-pump driven by a rag wheel. Cf. rag n.3
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water
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flail?a1500
kettle-mill1570
scoop1580
water engine1611
chain-pumpa1618
cochlea1648
water-screw1648
engine1652
bucket-fountain1663
chain1682
noria1696
tub-engine1702
tub-gin1702
well-pole1727
screw engine1729
rag1747
rag pump1747
swape1773
picotah1780
water balance1800
ram1801
well sweep1818
shadoof1836
hydraulic belt1856
water carrier1875
bailer1883
trip-bucket1926
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. D 2v Brandric, an Iron made and shaped fit for a Place at the Foot of a Rag-Pump, to make the Chain enter in the better.
1754 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. xi. 265 DEF is a rag-pump, or chain pump. EF the barrel. CD the roller. GH an endless chain, to which are fixed several leather buckets.
1789 J. Banks Epitome Course Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. (new ed.) v. 63 The Chain Pump, or rag pump, consists of a number of pieces of wood or iron..connected by a strong chain, passing through the centre of each.
1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 337 Series of common Chain or Rag Pumps, worked by a great number of Men in succession..lift the water out of the bottoms of the Mines.
1995 Technol. & Culture 36 230 In the rag pump or ‘chain engine’, the chain was retained, but the buckets were replaced by disks drawn through continuous 6- or 7-inch pipes bored in 12- or 14-inch elm.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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