Definition for BURR'-PUMP, or BILGE'-PUMP

BURR'-PUMP, or BILGE'-PUMP, n.

A pump, having a staff of 6, 7 or 8 feet long with a bar of wood to which the leather is nailed, which serves instead of a box. This staff is worked by men who pull it up and down, with a rope fastened to the middle of it. – Encyc.

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