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单词 burr-pump
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burr-pumpbur-pumpn.

Etymology: < bur n., or burr n.1 + pump n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈburr-pump.
Nautical.
A form of bilge-pump with the piston so constructed as not to require a valve: see quot.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ship's pumps
burr-pump1627
bilge-pump1866
back-breaker1867
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 8 The Dutch men vse a Burre pumpe..wherein is onely a long staffe with a Burre at the end, like a Gunners spunge, to pumpe vp the Billage water that..cannot come to the well.
1678–1706 in E. Phillips New World of Words
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 297/2 The Bur-Pump, or Bildge-Pump..The maner of these are to have a staffe 6, 7 or 8 foot long with a Bur of wood, where unto the Leather is nailed, this serveth in stead of a Box. And so two men standing over the Pump do thrust down this staffe, to the middle whereof is fastned a rope 6, 8, or 10 to hale by, and so they pull it up and down.
1721–90 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Burr Pump.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Burr-pump, a name for the bilge-pump.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 412/2 Burr-pump,..in which a cup-shaped cone of leather is nailed by a disk (burr) on the end of a pump-rod, the cone collapsing as it is depressed, and expanding by the weight of the column of water as it is raised.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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