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sump

  [suhmp] ,
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–noun
1. a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
2. Machinery. a chamber at the bottom of a machine, pump, circulation system, etc., into which a fluid drains before recirculation or in which wastes gather before disposal.
3. Mining.
a. a space where water is allowed to collect at the bottom of a shaft or below a passageway.
b. a pilot shaft or tunnel pushed out in front of a main bore.
4. British. crankcase.
5. British Dialect. a swamp, bog, or muddy pool.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME sompe < MLG or MD sump; c. G Sumpf; akin to swamp
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sump   (sŭmp)   
n.  

    1. A low-lying place, such as a pit, that receives drainage.

    2. A cesspool.

  2. A hole at the lowest point of a mine shaft into which water is drained in order to be pumped out.

  3. The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal-combustion engine.


[Middle English sompe, marsh, from Middle Low German sump or from Middle Dutch somp. Sense 2, from German Sumpf, swamp, sump, from Middle High German, swamp.]
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sump 
c.1425, "marsh, morass," from M.Du. somp or M.L.G. sump, from P.Gmc. *sumpaz. Meaning "pit to collect water" is first found 1653.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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