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noun
Sump  n.  
1.
(Metal.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.
2.
The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
3.
A pond of water for salt works.
4.
A puddle or dirty pool. (Prov. Eng.)
Sump fuse, a fuse used in blasting under water.
Sump men (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine.






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"Sump" Quotes from Famous Books



... kind o' talk makes me sick. You are a good Christian man, I really think; but like most cullud people you are too jam full o' patience an' hope. I'll be blessed if I don't b'lieve Job was a cullud man. I ganny, I got Indian blood in me and if they pester this kid they are goin' to hear sump'in' drap." ...
— The Hindered Hand - or, The Reign of the Repressionist • Sutton E. Griggs

... is lower than the drain, all that can be done is to drain out as much as possible and pump the remaining water from a "sump" provided in a suitable position. By raising the plunge bath chamber a few feet, the bottom of bath may, in some cases, be just kept above the drain level; but steps must then be placed between it and the washing-room, and steps in such places are dangerous, ...
— The Turkish Bath - Its Design and Construction • Robert Owen Allsop

... I hoie Senatorer, som mon mangle Al Overlaeg, hvi lod I Hydra vaelge En Tjener som med sit bestemte Skal —Skjondt blot Uhyrets Taleror og Lyd— Ei mangler Mod, at sige at han vil Forvandle Eders Havstrom til en Sump, Og som vil gjore Jer Kanal til sin. Hvis han har Magten, lad Enfoldighed Da for ham bukke; har han ingen Magt, Da vaekker Eders Mildhed af sin Dvale, Den farlig er; hvis I ei mangle Klogskab, Da handler ei som Daaren; mangler den, Lad denne ved ...
— An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway • Martin Brown Ruud

... the innermost continent of the new world, what are they? Green and illumined and travelling for ever dissolved with the mystery of the innermost heart of the continent mystery beyond knowledge or endurance, so sump- tuous out of the well-heads of the new world.— The other, she too has strange green eyes! White sands and fruits unknown and perfumes that never can blow across the dark seas to our usual world! And land that beats with a pulse! And valleys that draw close in love! ...
— Look! We Have Come Through! • D. H. Lawrence

... granite or artificial stone is employed, formed, as shown in the drawing, to complete the surface of the road and to form a continuous channel or drain. In order that this drain may not become choked, at suitable intervals, in the length of the track, sump holes are formed as illustrated in diagram, Fig. 4 These sump holes have a well for the accumulation of mud, and are also connected with the main street drain, so that water can freely pass away. The hand holes afford facility for easily removing ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 • Various



Words linked to "Sump" :   well, sink, cesspit, cistern



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