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noun

Sump n.

(Metal.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.

The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.

A pond of water for salt works.

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.

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Etymology of 'Sump'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sump" Quotes from Famous Books

... it and walked off, while the two boys remained comparing notes and lost in wonder at the result. "Sump'n slipped a cog in the Newsy, sure," said the first boy. But he couldn't tell why, and ran over to the ...

— In His Steps • Charles M. Sheldon

... though, fer a fac', we can't shoot a woman; 'n' anyways I ruther shoot her than the hoss. But lemme tell ye, thar was more'n sump'n to eat in that bag! They air up ...

— A Cumberland Vendetta • John Fox, Jr.

... de king!" said Nancy, "whar y'all bin livin' dat you nuver seed a mole befo'? Whar you come f'um mus' be a mighty cur'ous spot ef dey ain' have no moleses dar; mus' be sump'n wrong wid dat place. I bin mos' all over dish yer Sussex kyounty endurin' er my time, an' I ain' nuver come 'cross no place yit ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) • Various

... makes me sick. You are a good Christian man, I really think; but like most cullud people you are too jam full o' patience an' hope. I'll be blessed if I don't b'lieve Job was a cullud man. I ganny, I got Indian blood in me and if they pester this kid they are goin' to hear sump'in' drap." ...

— The Hindered Hand - or, The Reign of the Repressionist • Sutton E. Griggs

Words linked to "Sump" : cistern, sink, cesspool, reservoir, well, cesspit