Cornish engine
| a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending. |
See also: Cornish
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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