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Pump hood Note: for various kinds of pumps, see Air pump, Chain
pump, and Force pump; also, under Lifting,
Plunger, Rotary, etc.
Circulating pump (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the
condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a
surface condenser.
Pump brake. See Pump handle, below.
Pump dale. See Dale.
Pump gear, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten.
Pump handle, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is
given to the bucket of a pump.
Pump hood, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper
wheel of a chain pump.
Pump rod, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is
fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle;
the piston rod.
Pump room, a place or room at a mineral spring where the
waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.]
Pump spear. Same as Pump rod, above.
Pump stock, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.
Pump well. (Naut.) See Well.
Riding hood Riding Rid"ing, a.
1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. ``One
riding apparitor.' --Ayliffe.
2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.
3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a
riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day.
Riding clerk.
(a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs.
Eng.]
(b) One of the ``six clerks' formerly attached to the
English Court of Chancery.
Riding hood.
(a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding.
(b) A kind of cloak with a hood.
Riding master, an instructor in horsemanship.
Riding rhyme (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with
couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted
pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest.
Riding school, a school or place where the art of riding is
taught.