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Webster 1913 Edition
Sump
Sump
,Noun.
[Cf. G.
sumpf
a sump in a mine, a swamp, akin to LG. sump
, D. somp
a swamp, Dan. & Sw. sump
, and perhaps to E. swamp
.] 1.
(Metal.)
A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.
Ray.
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.
Knight.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sump
SUMP
,Noun.
1.
A pond of water reserved for salt-works.2.
In mining, a pit sunk below the bottom of the mine.