paternoster pump

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Paternoster \Pa"ter*nos`ter\, n. [L., Our Father.]
   1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of
      the Latin version.
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   2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
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   3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped
      sinkers.
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   4. (Mining) An elevator of an inclined endless traveling
      chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on
      one side loaded, and empty themselves at the top.
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   {Paternoster pump}, {Paternoster wheel}, a chain pump; a
      noria.

   {Paternoster while}, the space of time required for repeating
      a paternoster. --Udall.
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