Trombe

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tromp \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}.]
     [1913 Webster] Tromp