Category:Sump

Sump, n. Etym: [cf. G. sumpf a sump in a mine, a swamp, akin to lg. Sump, d. somp a swamp, dan. & sw. sump, and perhaps to e. swamp.]

1. (metal.)

Defn: a round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal On its first fusion. Ray.

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

3. A pond of water for salt works. Knight.

4. 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.