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trompe

 (trŏmp)
n.
An apparatus in which water falling through a perforated pipe entrains air into and down the pipe to produce an air blast for a furnace or forge.
[French, from Old French, trumpet; see trump2.]
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trompe

(trɒmp)
n
(Metallurgy) an apparatus for supplying the blast of air in a forge, consisting of a thin column down which water falls, drawing in air through side openings
[C19: from French, literally: trumpet]
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"Mon mari se trompe," she added, speaking in French.
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"You see," he said, "there's my old client, Van Trompe, has come over from Kentucky, and set all his slaves free; and he has bought a place seven miles up the creek, here, back in the woods, where nobody goes, unless they go on purpose; and it's a place that isn't found in a hurry.
Honest old John Van Trompe was once quite a considerable land-owner and slave-owner in the State of Kentucky.
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"Mon cher monsieur, notre general se trompe. What he means to say is that he warns you--he begs of you most eamestly--not to ruin him.
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The effect is called trompe l'oeil, from the French, meaning deception of the eye.
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The museum's concept originated from "trompe l'oeil," which is French for "trick of the eye," an idea that emerged in ancient Greek and Roman times.
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