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Meaning of TROMP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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}.]
    
  2. \Tromp\, Trompe \Trompe\, n. [See {Trump} a trumpet.]
    A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    
 
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