Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Air pump

Air pump ({not transcribed})

1.
(Physics) A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.
2.
(Steam Engines) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.