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dump car
(gcide) | Dump \Dump\ (d[u^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumped; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dumping.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf.
Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush,
dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. Dump sadness.]
1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence,
to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand,
coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Dumping car or Dumping cart, a railway car, or a cart,
the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; --
called also dump car, or dump cart.
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dump cart
(gcide) | dump cart \dump cart\ n. (Railroads)
same as dump car.
Syn: dumping car, dumping cart, dump car. [PJC]Dump \Dump\ (d[u^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumped; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dumping.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf.
Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush,
dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. Dump sadness.]
1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence,
to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand,
coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Dumping car or Dumping cart, a railway car, or a cart,
the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; --
called also dump car, or dump cart.
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