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trompe |
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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