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   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.]
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   { Tromp, Trompe }, n. [See Trump a trumpet.] A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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