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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pumping \Pump"ing\, a. & n. from {pump}.
{Pumping engine}, a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See {Steam engine}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pump \Pump\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pumped} (p[u^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {pumping}.]
1. To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.
2. To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.
3. Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
But pump not me for politics. --Otway.
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