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tromp


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tromp  \Tromp\,  n.  [F.  trombe,  trompe,  a  waterspout,  a 
  water-blowing  machine.  Cf  {Trump}  a  trumpet.] 
  A  blowing  apparatus,  in  which  air,  drawn  into  the  upper  part 
  of  a  vertical  tube  through  side  holes  by  a  stream  of  water 
  within,  is  carried  down  with  the  water  into  a  box  or  chamber 
  below  which  it  is  led  to  a  furnace.  [Written  also  {trompe}, 
  and  {trombe}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tromp  \Tromp\,  Trompe  \Trompe\,  n.  [See  {Trump}  a  trumpet.] 
  A  trumpet;  a  trump.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 




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