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Pump hood
Note: for various kinds of pumps, see Air pump, Chain pump, and Force pump; also, under Lifting, Plunger, Rotary, etc. Circulating pump (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a surface condenser. Pump brake. See Pump handle, below. Pump dale. See Dale. Pump gear, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten. Pump handle, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is given to the bucket of a pump. Pump hood, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper wheel of a chain pump. Pump rod, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle; the piston rod. Pump room, a place or room at a mineral spring where the waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.] Pump spear. Same as Pump rod, above. Pump stock, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump. Pump well. (Naut.) See Well.
Riding hood
Riding Rid"ing, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. ``One riding apparitor.' --Ayliffe. 2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. 3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. Riding clerk. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the ``six clerks' formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. Riding hood. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. Riding master, an instructor in horsemanship. Riding rhyme (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest. Riding school, a school or place where the art of riding is taught.

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- Look up hood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hood may refer to: Hood (headgear), type of head covering Article of academic dress Bondage hood, **** toy...
- Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According...
- Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary is a straight-to-DVD do****entary about the subculture of inner-city street gangs in American neighborhoods, released in...
- The Hood (Parker Robbins) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan, and artists...
- Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American coming-of-age hood crime drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his feature directorial debut. It stars...
- HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built...
- first Hispanic four-star general. Formerly named Fort Hood for Confederate General John Bell Hood, the post is located halfway between Austin and Waco...
- A gable hood, English hood or gable headdress is an English woman's headdress of c. 1500–1550, so called because its pointed shape resembles the architectural...
- Hooding is the placing of a hood over the entire head of a prisoner. Hooding is widely considered to be a form of torture; one legal scholar considers...
- Thomas Hood Hood was an Australian politician. He was a pastoralist and squatter. He was the elected member for Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling...