Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PUMP, v.t.

1. To raise with a pump; as, to pump water.
2. To draw out by artful interrogatories; as, to pump out secrets.
3. To examine by artful questions for the purpose of drawing out secrets. But pump not me for politics. – Otway. Chain-pump, is a chain equipped with a sufficient number of valves at proper distances, which working on two wheels, passes down through one tube and returns through another. – Mar. Dict.