单词 | to fetch the pump |
释义 | > as lemmasto fetch the pump c. to fetch the water, and (hence) to fetch the pump: to obtain a flow of water by ‘priming’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > obtain water flow by priming pump [phrase] to fetch the water1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Charger la pompe, to fetch the pump. ?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 170 Water is commonly poured thereon down the pipe, vulgarly called fetching the water. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fetching the pump. < as lemmas |
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