parish pump
11Parish Pump (CGA series) — Ancient men full of guile, bigotry and craftsmanship supping from chipped mugs at an ancient settle, they are long gone. No Parish Pump remains the same forever, and ours like all the others has had to change with the times. (Jan 72)Parish Pump… …
12parish-pump — adjective Brit. of local importance only; parochial …
13Pump — For information on Wikipedia project related discussions, see . A pump is a device used to move gases, liquids or slurries. A pump moves liquids or gases from lower pressure to higher pressure, and overcomes this difference in pressure by adding… …
14Parish — This article is about ecclesiastical administration. For the administrative or civil parish, see Parish (administrative division). For other uses, see Parish (disambiguation). St Margarete Parish Church, Berndorf, Lower Austria, surrounded by… …
15pump — pump1 S3 [pʌmp] n [Sense: 1, 3; Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Low German; Origin: pumpe or Middle Dutch pompe, probably from Spanish bomba] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of… …
16pump — 1 noun 1 (C) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of something: water/air/beer etc pump (=for moving water/air etc) | hand/foot pump (=operated by your hand or foot) | petrol pump/gas pump (=for putting petrol or gas into cars) see… …
17parish — n. 1 an area having its own church and clergy. 2 (in full civil parish) a district constituted for purposes of local government. 3 the inhabitants of a parish. 4 US a county in Louisiana. Phrases and idioms: parish clerk an official performing… …
18Pump in Bishopsgate Ward Within — A pump where sometimes was a fayre wel with two buckets by the east end of St. Martin Outwich (S. 165 and 1755). Shown on plan of St. Martin Outwich parish, 1599 (Wilkinson s History of the parish, Plate I) …
19Pump in Lime Street — Set up in 1576 partly at the charges of the parish of St. Andrew) partly at the charges of the Chamber of London in the High Street of Lime Streete ward, neare unto Limestreet corner. Taken up and new set in 1600 (S. 162) …
20par|ish-pump — «PAR ihsh PUHMP», adjective. Especially British. of local interest or importance; limited in scope or outlook: »Resistance from parish pump politics is clearly being encountered (London Times). parish pump, Especially British. local interests;… …
